Macrosteles

Species Information
Macrosteles is an extremely difficult and diverse genus, of which many species are impossible to identify without dissection and microscopic scrutiny. Most are found in grasslands, and are yellow with darker markings on the vertex and sometimes diffuse darker markings on the wings.

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Insecta (Insects)
Hemiptera (True Bugs)
Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)
Family Cicadellidae (Leafhoppers)
Macrosteles Fieber, 1866

Photographs

July 2017. Local pond, South Staffordshire
July 2017. Local pond, South Staffordshire
July 2017. Local pond, South Staffordshire
July 2017. Local pond, South Staffordshire

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