Identification
Location: Boston, MA
October 3, 2010 2:42 pm
I’ll appreciate if you could identified this insect. We have never seen one like this in Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
Thanks
RB
Signature: Sanpico
Hi Sanpico,
This Leafhopper is one of the Sharpshooters and it is commonly called the Candystriped Leafhopper, Graphocephala coccinea. It is a common species that is suspected of spreading viruses to plants it feeds upon.