Abedus

A male Abedus water bug carries hatched and hatching eggs on his back. Stebbins Reserve, California, USA

Belostoma

Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA

Belostoma

Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA

Lethocerus

Lethocerus water bugs are predaceous insects over an inch long. California, USA.

Fulgoridae

A tropical fulgorid plant hopper (Fulgoridae). Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Belostoma

Belostoma sp. giant water bug. Lake Glendale, Illinois, USA

Agallia constricta

This side view of a constricted leafhopper gives a clear view of the insect's beak. Austin, Texas, USA.

Agallia constricta

Constricted leafhopper. Austin, Texas, USA.

Agalliopsis cervina

Austin, Texas, USA

Beirneola sp.

A cloud forest leafhopper feeds from a leaf vein. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Pawiloma multilunatula

The long row of spines on the hindleg of this sharpshooter are typical of the family Cicadellidae. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Draeculacephala robinsoni

Portrait of the blue-lined sharpshooter. Austin, Texas, USA.

Draeculacephala robinsoni

Portrait of the blue-lined sharpshooter. Austin, Texas, USA.

Oncometopia hamiltoni

Portrait of one of the larger and more unusual Texan sharpshooters. Austin, Texas, USA.

Oncometopia orbona

Broad-headed sharpshooter. Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station, Texas, USA.

Oncometopia orbona

A sharpshooter nymph feeds from a hackberry stem.

Cicadellidae

Refugio Amazonas, Tambopata, Peru.

Homalodisca lacerta

The smoke tree sharpshooter is a colorful plant-feeding insect about 1cm long. Arizona, USA.

Homalodisca vitripennis

The glassy-winged sharpshooter, one of our largest North American leafhoppers, is an important vector of plant pathogens. Austin, Texas, USA.

Homalodisca vitripennis - Glassy-winged sharpshooter

The white dots on the wings of this sharpshooter are a liquid containing microscopic structures called brochosomes. The insect paints these on her eggs where they may serve to protect against dessication or predation. Austin, Texas, USA.

Coronigoniella

A colorful tropical sharpshooter. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Coronigoniella

A positively bedazzling tropical sharpshooter. Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Graphocephala coccinea

The candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This common North American insect is a vector of plant diseases. Urbana, Illinois, USA

Graphocephala coccinea

Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). Urbana, Illinois, USA

Graphocephala coccinea

Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices. Urbana, Illinois, USA