Common Spittlebug
Machaerotida
Ledrinae
TheWorld'sLargestLeafhopper
BlackFlat-headLeafhopper
White-dotedBrownLeafhopper
Tartessinae
Yellow-headedLeafhopper
Brown Leafhopper1
Eurymelinae
Common Jassid
Punctata Gum-treehopper
Penthimiinae
Membracidae
Lantana Treehopper
Banksia Treehopper
Green Horned Treehopper
AcaciaHornedTreehopper
Tri-horned Treehopper
Other Hoppers and Unidentified Hoppers
Family Machaerotidae - Tube Spittlebugs
- Tube Spittlebug Nymph
- ? sp., tube length 12mm
- They are commonly known as Tube Spittlebugs because the nymphs build and live in calcareous tubes attached to the stems of food plants. The nymphs immersed in their liquid excretions. Their host plants are usually eucalypts. Adults are usually greenish- yellow or black in colours.
- Reference:
- 1. The Leafhoppers and Froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoid - by J. W. Evans, Australian Museum, 1966, p325.
- 2. Family Machaerotidae - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2003).
Family Meenoplidae - Meenoplid Planthopper
- Meenoplid Planthopper
- ? sp., body length 8mm, family Meenoplidae
- Picture was taken on Nov 2008 in Yugarapul Park.
- Reference:
- 1. Species of Meenoplidae - Fletcher, M.J. and Larivière, M.-C. (2005 and updates).
Family Achilidae
- Achilid Planthopper
- ? sp., family Achilidae, Subfamily Achilinae, tribe Plectoderini, body length 6mm
- Pictures was taken in Karawatha Forest on Sep 2007. The planthopper was mainly dull brown and grey with whitish markings.
- Reference:
- 1. Achilidae - Insects of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks.
- 2. Family Achilidae - Fletcher, M.J. (2009 and updates). Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
Family Derbidae - Derbid planthoppers
- White Small Hopper
- ? sp., body length 8mm
- Many of them were found on early summer Nov 2008 in Yugarapul Park.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p168.
- Unknown Planthopper nymph
- ? sp., body length 10mm, ? Family Ricaniidae.
- Photos were taken in Karawatha Forest on Oct 2007.
- Green LeafhopperNymph on Acacia leaf
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- ? sp., family Cicadellidae, body length 10mm
- Pictures taken in Karawatha Forest on early summer. We believe this is the nymph in family Cicadellidae.
- Brown Leafhopper Nymph on leaf
- ? sp., family Cicadellidae, body length 8mm
- Pictures were taken in Daisy Hill near Buhot Creek Dec 2008.
- Brown Leafhopper Nymph on leaf
- ? sp., family Cicadellidae, body length 5mm
- Picture was taken on Oct 2007 in Yimbun Park.
- Unknown Hopper on gum tree trunk
- ? sp., body length 8mm
- Picture was taken in Karawatha Forest on Sept 2009.
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- The ant was attending a flat insect on a Acacia leaf. We think the flat insect could be the leafhopper young instars.
Unknown Hoppers
The following Hoppers are not be identified yet. Please advise if you know what species or family they are. Thank you.
Please advise if you know what species or family they are. Thank you.
