CLOSED: tiny little one to ID

These little critters seem to have a taste for spicy herbs, they like my Thyme, Salvia, Lavender, Rosmarinus, Basilicum... They are hardly visible with the bare eye and look green to the eye. When disturbed they jump or fly (haven't figured that out yet which of the two) or move very fast walking sideways. They seem to suck on the leaves that show the damage in very tiny whitish pin points.

Their size is about 2 mm.
I think they are very common.
How wonderful is the macro-mode in a camera that can capture what would stay invisible for the human eye!! I find the little creature rather handsome with its beautifully designed outfit!


My pictures were cropped and are not that sharp but reasonably good enough for ID.

another one;

These were all sitting on my Salvia; another angle;

correction; just found out that they actually fly and not jump.
They also not only walk sideways, but also in the normal way.

It reminds me of a Grape Leafhopper- Erythroneura comes.

I agree it looks like a Leafhopper, but there are many!

http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/leafhoppers_cicadellidae

Thank you maccionoadha and wallaby.
Very nice pictures in that site, wallaby. Unfortunately mine is not amongst them.
I also did a further search with the Erythroneura genus, but had to give up.

I think I'm stuck with this one and I thought it was a very common one as I have so many of them!

I have had a lot of fun searching some sites and finding many pics of interesting bugs, now I have found a page of Leafhoppers, including Family Cicadellidae with a link to information. At the bottom of each page you can find links to pics. No guarantees but it's interesting!

http://www.inra.fr/hyppz/species.htm


This message was edited Sep 8, 2007 8:46 PM

I think I found my bug; but it is only ID to the genus, not the specie
So I can call it Eupterix sp. (Family Cicadellidae)

http://safari.zog.org/images/20040816_203946_DSC5922-thumb.jpg

I think it does look like this genus, I managed to get some pics of one I couldn't get good pics of when I tried with my old camera (but at 3 feet away with the new one!). I came across it when I was searching for shield bugs on David Element's site, you have just reminded me!

Mine is Eupteryx aurata which looks to have similar form and patterning although your's is not as strongly marked. Strong and well defined marks make it much easier!

http://www.david.element.ukgateway.net/bugs4homoptera.htm

This is mine,

I have found yours! Eupteryx florida, this side view pic matches yours perfectly!

http://www.fugleognatur.dk/gallery.asp?mode=ShowLarge&ID=19355

EUREKA!! Amazing You have found yours and mine!!!

Thank you so much!!