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Two-marked Treehopper

DiOhio

By Diohio


Two-marked Treehopper

This colorful and odd-shaped guy is a Two-marked Treehopper. They are quite good hoppers for sure. Their shape is meant to resemble a thorn on a tree. Treehoppers take sap from vegatation, particurlarly trees and shrubs. They press their eggs inito slits in twigs, often killing the tip of the twig. This treehopper was on a Black Walnut leaf, June 26 in the garden.



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being on a black walnut leaf, does he not have trouble with juglone?
or is that only present in the roots of the black walnut?

3 Apr, 2008

 

I believe that juglone is in all parts of the black walnut tree. I can't say for sure that this was his host tree......he may have just hopped there to rest.

3 Apr, 2008



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