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black beetle with yellow striations and red blotches (Sharpshooter leafhopper)

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Sharpshooter leafhopper
by: Moni

Arnold
After doing some further research, this is probably a leafhopper, Family Cicadellidae. More specifically it is one of the sharpshooters. It is probably a Glassy-winged sharpshooter, but some of the photo is not clear enough and would need other angles to be sure.
Here are some other images of this leafhopper. -
http://bugguide.net/node/view/53860/bgimage

This leafhopper is found in eastern US and is especially found in the southern tier of states.
They feed on at least 73 species of herbaceous plants and have been found on sunflowers, hollyhock, okra, lambsquarters, cotton, corn,oak, ash, crapemyrtle, peaches, apricots, orange, magnolia as well as carrot wood. They have piercing sucking mouthparts to suck the juices out of plant tissue. It has been known to transmit some diseases in southern California.
Spittlebug or Froghopper
by: Moni

Arnold
That is a great photo. Can not see the detail of the tibiae for better ID. I believe it is a spittlebug of some kind but not sure which. The spittlebug family is Cercopidae and are sometimes called froghoppers.
Spittlebugs feed on plant sap. The nymphs when hatched begin to feed and surround themselves with residue from there droppings that is the froth or spit-like looking substance (hence the name spittlebug) This spit protects them until they are adults. The nymphs sometimes move from their froth to that of others.

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