What bug is this?

[DTisme]

I found a bunch of dead bugs on my desk. At first I thought they were moths, but when I looked close, nope. Any idea what these buggers are? They are 1/4" long. The scan looks really green, but they look more gray to the naked eye. http://i1014.photobucket.com/albums/af26...20this.jpg Anybody know?

[Lee M-S]

The hind leg looks really long, like a cricket or grasshopper.

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[allensylves]

Probably a kind of leafhopper called a sharpshooter. Here are some photos of various ones from Florida:
http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures...ooters.htm

Allen
Finally in HPP

[Carey]

I would take it to the State bug guys on Lanikaula for a definitive answer (corner Lanikaula & Kilauea..) esp if you have never seen them before...just in case they are something NEW & IMPROVED!
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Plant Protection and Quarantine
Hawaii Island
Hilo
16E Lanikaula Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720-4302
Phone: (808) 974-4141 FAX: (808) 974-4148

[DTisme]

Definitely looks leaf-hopper-y. (thanks, Allen!) But the ones in the article are twice as big. I have a call in to the "state bug guys" (thanks, Carey!) and will send them the scan for identification. Will let you know what they say.

[DTisme]

Allen, you are correct! Definitive answer comes from Stacey Chun at Dept of Ag: "This is a leafhopper (Draeculacephala species). One of its popular host is water cress, however may feed on other plants and weeds. Can be a vector for transmission of plant diseases. May bite to investigate to see if you are a preferred host does not sting." I wonder how they got in my office where there are NO plants for them to have been brought in on!

[dmbwest]

Speaking of weird bugs ... I just zapped a what looked like a WHITE cockroach !

aloha,
pog

[TomK]

You zapped it just after it molted. Boy, how would you feel if you just got out of the shower and some huge cockroach zapped you? []