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Raincatcher La Grange, IL(Zone 5a) Jul 11, 2008

I found this sitting on my rose plant. There were two of them, one on the flower and one on the stem. Does anyone know what this weird neon blue and pink bug is, and if I should get it off my plants or not?

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Raincatcher La Grange, IL(Zone 5a) Jul 11, 2008

Here's another (less fuzzy) picture.

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claypa West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b) Jul 11, 2008

It's a leafhopper. There are a few very similar ones, maybe you can figure out which it is:

http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/b/Homoptera/Cicadellidae/Graphocephala/none/genus/0/

They're a pest here, bigtime, but they are neat looking.

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 11, 2008

My best guess is that this could be a red-banded leafhopper, Graphocephala coccinea - see http://i.pbase.com/u30/crocodile/upload/19175689.Graphocephalacoccinea1.jpg and http://k43.pbase.com/g6/59/68959/2/73546755.GlNxHcJZ.jpg for images. The color pattern of this species can be variable as to the extent of the red bands and the background color - some specimens can appear more blue than green.

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Raincatcher La Grange, IL(Zone 5a) Aug 19, 2008

That's definitely it. This explains the flying green things, too, which are apparently their young.

Now I must figure out how to get it off my plants.

Thanks much for the help!

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 19, 2008

Anything flying would not be the young of this insect, as they would be flightless nymphs. You might try taking a photo of them and submitting as a separate thread.

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