It was sitting on one of my plumies and was very calm, letting me photograph it. I have never seen anything like it. From end to end it was about 1/2" long. Thanks for your help.
PS: pls tell me it is a garden friend, it is much too beautiful to be a foe.
could be a moth or a leafhopper.
hey, nery!
Could be this one...
http://bugguide.net/node/view/51596
What a cool moth, Nery...I am with you...too pretty to do away with....grin
Yep, that's it. A painted schinia volupia. I tried googling and couldn't find much on it , except that it feeds on gaillardia, of which I grow none. Thanks everyone.
Send it my way. I grow lots of Gaillardia.
