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Auchenorrhyncha for ID (1 Viewer)

pdwinter

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Paul Winter
I've never looked at or photographed these insects before. After hours looking through the British Bugs gallery I thought the first might be Philaenus spumarius Common Froghopper and the other from the Cicadellidae family (leafhoppers) but these are both wild guesses!

Any help gratefully received, Paul
 

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I think you need to look at the leafhoppers, froghoppers don't have so many spines along the hind leg.

Some of those half way down the leafhoppers page - Euscalis, Macustus - look similar but I haven't got time to go through them and decide which
 
salticus said:
I think you need to look at the leafhoppers, froghoppers don't have so many spines along the hind leg.

Some of those half way down the leafhoppers page - Euscalis, Macustus - look similar but I haven't got time to go through them and decide which
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Thanks for looking, Salticus.

I've stopped being lazy and have printed off some keys from the ledra site ! I was looking at a LEDRA newsletter and see that, with experience, I'll only be able to ID about 40% of species without a microscope.

Paul
 
pdwinter said:
Thanks for looking, Salticus.

I've stopped being lazy and have printed off some keys from the ledra site ! I was looking at a LEDRA newsletter and see that, with experience, I'll only be able to ID about 40% of species without a microscope.

Paul
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Can you send me a link to the keys please Paul?


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