Red Banded Leaf Hopper by GBCalls

Photography • Creatures • posted on Jul 19, 2008

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Description

Graphocephala coccinea is the name I found on the Gugguide.net website Lee directed me to. (http://bugguide.net/node/view/518)The leafhopper is about 3⁄16 of an inch (5 mm) long and has vivid blue (or green) and red (or orange-red) stripes on its wings and the top of its thorax combined with bright yellow coloration on its head, legs, abdomen, and elsewhere. This is one more photo from the same few minutes I spent at the lily patch earlier in the week. I will have one more bug to post then will switch out to something else. Hope you enjoy the day. Thank you for any comments, they are all greatly appreciated. -GB-

Comments (20)

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kgb224

5:33AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Excellent macro captured by you.

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flora-crassella

6:04AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

...ein sagenhaft schönes Foto von dem kleinen Insekt! Und so farbenfroh - solche haben wir leider nicht!

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InfiniteMoon

6:55AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

WOW!

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timtripp

7:40AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

great shot!

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Richardphotos

7:58AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

I have one of these tiny bugs in my gallery.if it was not for the vivid colors they would be hard to spot.exceptional clarity and detail

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busi2ness

8:39AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Excellent use of diagonal lines, very clear close up.

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lorandbartho

10:01AM | Sat, 19 July 2008

A great creature and photo!

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ShadowsNTime

12:57PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Wow! Now thats a macro! Awesome capture and what a pretty color it is! I like the POV too, sometimes I forget to change that on my works...but I am paying attention and learning, lol! Thank you again for the tips! I really am enjoying all the 'new' things in my life!

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durleybeachbum

1:51PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Wonderful pic and a super bug!

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danob

3:33PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Wonderful and so colourful ! They are able to jump futher than anything for their size

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emmecielle

4:00PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

excellent macro! :)

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starone_angel

4:09PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

Wow! Wonderful capture!

frankie96

7:26PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

A very nice colorful little critter...

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kimariehere

9:43PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

fabulous macro work love its colors and stripes!!!

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JDoc

11:12PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

So tiny with such pretty colors. Great catch.

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Leeco

11:49PM | Sat, 19 July 2008

I know how tiny these guys are, so I appreciate the shot even more. I have managed to get shots of about 4 or 5 different species of leaf hoppers this year and each was uniquely colored. Some looked rather bland with just my eye but after downloading them, I am amazed at the colors that often become visible. Unfortunately, not many were this good and most were much worse, lol. You got a clean crisp shot full of detail. Thanks for sharing. BTW - BugGuide.com is indeed a very good reference source for North American insects. I recommend it to anyone interested in species ID and info. Lee

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mimda

1:10AM | Sun, 20 July 2008

Awesome!

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lucindawind

10:10AM | Sun, 20 July 2008

what an interesting bug ...well captured !

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Optiramma

3:11PM | Sun, 20 July 2008

These are cool! Great shot, bravo! I saw one so far all summer and botched the shot.

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tizjezzme

7:34PM | Mon, 21 July 2008

these guys aren't easy to photograph; they are so tiny! In fact, the first time I took a picture of one of these, I had no idea the patterns they have! Until I brought it up on my monitor, I thought WOW... now, THIS is COOL. :) And it is :) Good job! lol