Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Leaf Hoppers

16th016 I must have hopped right off my rocker to stoop to taking pictures of these pesky bugs.  They are called leaf hoppers, I believe. They munch on alfalfa, hopping from leaf to leaf, eating up nutrients which were intended for cows.

16th012 What I’d like you to notice---particularly in the first photo---is that the leaf hoppers have GREEN eyes!  (Click on the photo to enlarge it a bit.)  Haha…..they look like aliens from outer space!

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I hope you have a pleasant day today.  Certainly, I will try to.  A grocery run might be on the agenda.

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8 comments:

Kat Mortensen said...

Cool photos! They DO look like aliens.

Kat

August 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Anonymous said...

Great... let's go shopping... I'm in need of maters, bread, paper towels.....

Snappy Di
(Cute little hoppers there!)

August 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM
Deb said...

they are very alienistic!

August 25, 2009 at 11:37 AM
joanne said...

quite strange...and rather creepy too..;p

August 25, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Leenie said...

When I was helping kids collect butterflies for 4-H entomology I learned that there are several different kinds of alfalfa butterflies--all kinda the same--but still different and still awful pests to farmers. Like the low angle on the photos--bet you had to work to get them.

August 25, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Gail said...

Those are beautiful!

August 25, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Flea said...

Those are SO cool. Initially I thought they were leaves sticking out of the ground.

August 26, 2009 at 2:16 PM
shutterhand said...

These are actually clouded sulphur butterflies. They often group up on the ground to get needed minerals into their systems. They do not eat alfalfa. Leafhoppers are a totally different species. Lovely images of these colorful butterflies.

October 9, 2009 at 8:53 AM

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