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Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree HoppersUnknown Cost Rican Insect
Location: Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica
January 27, 2012 2:37 pm
Greetings
These two insects were observed on the bark of a huge tree (Terminalia) in the arboretum at LaSelva Biological station in the lowland rain forests of northeastern Costa Rica in late May 2006. They remained there most of one day but were gone (eaten, flew away?) the next morning. About 3 cm long as I recall
Signature: Chuck McClaugherty
Fulgorid Planthopper
Hi Chuck,
Two years ago, entomologist Piotr Naskrecki helped us identify this Fulgorid Planthopper as Phrictus quinquepartitus. There is a lovely drawing of it on FlickR. Costa Rican tour company Taraba Tours calls it the Dragon Headed Bug.
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