Tuesday, June 09, 2026

The cutest mini-bug

I had collected leaves and stems of the Angelica to help with an id, and had found leaping mini-bugs on them. And there were a couple of beetles, out of focus on the flowers, too. So I went out and collected leaves of several of my flowering plants. This cute leafhopper hopped off the lemon balm leaves.

On my desk. 3 mm. long. Tentatively id'd as Eupteryx melissae, the Banded Sage Hopper.

And on columbine leaves:

Clusters of aphids.

And then I went spider hunting and was surprised to find ... no, I'll leave it for tomorrow.

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Había cortado hojas y tallos de las flores de Angélica para poder identificar la planta, y de allí varios insectos minaturos saltaron, perdiéndose antes de que pudiera examinarlos. También vi escarabajos en mis fotos, estos mal enfocados. Pues fue a juntar hojas de algunas de mis plantas con flores. Este lindo saltahojas estaba en una hoja de la menta de limón, Melissa officinalis.

    1.  as Eupteryx melissae, Saltahojas (o chicharrita) de la salvia. Mide 3 mm. 

    2. Y en las hojas de las columbinas, había muchos grupos de áfidos.

Y luego fui en busca de arañas y encontré algo sorprendente. Pero eso lo dejo para mañana.

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