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Bog Leafhopper

Helochara communis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) jheiser, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 8, February 8, March 12, April 24, May 46, June 22, July 16, August 15, September 16, October 13, November 8, December 7.
United States685
Canada359
Ontario194
New York171
Vermont80
New Hampshire73
Quebec73
Michigan54
Illinois45
Massachusetts42

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyTypical Leafhoppers · Cicadellidae
GenusHelochara

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Bog Leafhopper with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.