Only Minutes Apart, Leaf Hopper

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Only Minutes Apart, Leaf Hopper

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Between the first and second shot, maybe about 20 minutes. Note the difference in, what I think or thought to be, her clutch of eggs. Maybe giving live birth ? Dunno! :-k
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That is one very lucky capture Ken...........one that anyone interested in insects at any level will love not only for its photographic qualities but for what you have recorded so clearly:


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Wow Ken. Super photos!

Did you not want to wait a while longer to see if they were indeed live little leafhoppers.? :)
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Aynia wrote:Wow Ken. Super photos!

Did you not want to wait a while longer to see if they were indeed live little leafhoppers.? :)
The second photo shows larvae and being as they were right outside my door, in a way, I kept checking on her to see her progress and that of the larvae. The last time I looked the larvae had disappeared, though "mom" was still there. I can only assume that they fell to the ground, from the Goldenrod stem that they were on, and buried in to pupate.

Thanks Aynia and sonyalpha :D
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Wonderful shots Ken - not sure if they are eggs in #1 or just the larvae curled up in a part ball.
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This is extremely interesting Ken!

Leaf hoppers are hemimetabolous which means their young look more like the adults and the transition from young to adult is more "continous" in than holometabolous insects which have a pupal stage where a lot of transformation takes place.

I do not think the young ones are leaf hopper offspring but rather the larvae some sort of holometabolous parasitiod. The leaf hopper has probably been paralyzed by the adult parasitiod and will now be eaten "alive" by the larvae.

BTW: make sure to check back later and see how things progress!
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Wow, good captures Ken!!
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Well the hopper was kind of small, about 1 cm. and when I last checked on the hopper, the larvae were gone but it was still there. If it was parasitized, by those larvae you cannot tell it and I would assume from the size of them, one would be able too. I am not very familiar with such things so I don't really know and can only guess.

Thanks Brian and morfa :D
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Thanks Larry! :D
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Ken Ramos wrote:Thanks Larry! :D
Youre welcome! And youre right here:

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