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	<title>What's That Bug? &#187; Aphids, Scale Insects, Leafhoppers, and Tree Hoppers</title>
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		<title>Spittlebug</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/06/17/spittlebug-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moth, beetle, &#38; spawn in southern Ontario
Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:44 PM
I have three bugs I&#8217;d like identified. All photos were taken today in my backyard (date is on the photos). I live in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada).
&#8230; 3)Spawn.jpg &#8211; This year almost all dandelion leafs and weeds in my area are covered in this [...]


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		<title>Hopper Nymph from Brazil with Ant</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/05/16/unknown-hopper-nymph-from-brazil-with-ant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 13:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[amazing Bug
Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:46 AM
Hi, I&#8217;ve found this kind of bug at Brasilia/DF (BRAZIL), and I&#8217;ve never found this in another place. This insect has +/- 5mm and lives on the fences around the grass.
thks
Rui José
Brasília/DF- BRAZIL
Dear Rui José,
This is an immature Homopteran, probably a Tree Hopper in the family Membracidae.  [...]


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		<title>Lanternfly from Hong Kong:  Longan Chicken</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/20/lanternfly-from-hong-kong-longan-chicken-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/20/lanternfly-from-hong-kong-longan-chicken-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong bug
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 5:24 PM
Hello,
I just took this photo yesterday (April 18) on a roadside tree in Hong Kong. These bugs have been appearing for years, but only on this one specific tree. At times I have seen more than five all within plain sight.
They are about 2 inches long from [...]


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		<title>Oak Treehoppers</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/13/oak-treehoppers-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[red striped moth or beetle?
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 2:29 PM
We saw these on our oak tree Easter morning. There are probably about 50 or so on this little branch (the branch is about as big around as a pencil). They look like some type of beetle or moth and are pretty slow moving. None [...]


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		<title>Oak Treehoppers</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/06/oak-treehoppers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/06/oak-treehoppers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[White and Red Horned bug
Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 11:48 AM
We live in Jacksonville, Florida, there&#8217;s a tree in the back yard, small leaves, and nuts. These small bugs, maybe half an inch long at most, litter the low lying branches. These pictures are of the same group, it&#8217;s April now, and they&#8217;ve been there [...]


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		<title>Keeled Treehopper Nymphs</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/05/keeled-treehopper-nymphs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/05/keeled-treehopper-nymphs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 14:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black spiny bug killed my tomato plant Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Dear bugman,
These black spiny creatures annihilated our tomato plant. Swarmed all over it. We&#8217;re kinda lazy gardeners, so we just let them. They also killed the wooden bunny that was resting on the tomato plant. Poor bunny never had a chance.
Josh
Silver Lake, [...]


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		<title>Unidentified Lanternflies from Borneo</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/02/unidentified-lanternflies-from-borneo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/02/unidentified-lanternflies-from-borneo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fly with a blue, elongated nose and green wings with yellow polka dots.
Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Found in the rainforest in Borneo.
Vin
Sandakan, Borneo

Hi Vin,
In April 2008, we posted an image of this spectacular Lanternfly in the family Fulgoridae, also from Borneo, but we were never able to identify the species.  Perhaps [...]


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		<title>Lanternfly from Mexico</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/01/lanternfly-from-mexico/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/01/lanternfly-from-mexico/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is this a Lantern Moth?
Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 3:43 PM
This moth stayed on our terrace in Zihuatanejo, Mexico for a day and a night last fall.
Abigail
Zihuatanejo Mexico
Hi Abigail,
This is a Lanternfly, and it is a planthopper in the family Fulgoridae, not a moth. The Lanternfly is sometimes called a Peanut Headed Bug as well [...]


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		<title>Thorn Tree Hopper from Dominican Republic:  Marcianito</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/12/tree-hopper-from-dominican-republic-marcianito/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/03/12/tree-hopper-from-dominican-republic-marcianito/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Unidentified]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Little spiky bug&#8230; (the last martian on earth)
Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:32 PM
Hi Bugman!
When I was a little boy I used to play with this type of insect I called &#8220;marcianitos&#8221; (little martian in spanish). There used to be hundreds in some trees at school, but I wasn&#8217;t able to find them in any [...]


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		<title>Aggregation of Unknown Red Hemipterans in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/23/aggregation-of-unknown-red-hemipterans-in-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/02/23/aggregation-of-unknown-red-hemipterans-in-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bugman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red-orange bugs by the thousands in Southeastern Brazil, 800 m. asl
Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:01 AM
Our garden in Petropolis (Rio de Janeiro, Southeastern Brazil, 22º22&#8242;S 43º06&#8242;W), in the Serra do Mar, about 800 meters asl) is now filled with tens of thousands of these little red-orange bugs, with size varying from one millimeter to [...]


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