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Broad-headed Sharpshooter

Oncometopia orbona

13,221 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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28 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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What the records say

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 Virginia.January 157, February 168, March 184, April 302, May 391, June 348, July 310, August 154, September 183, October 169, November 141, December 144.
United States12,478
Virginia1,926
Maryland1,619
North Carolina1,576
Pennsylvania1,028
Texas772
New Jersey680
Tennessee573
Georgia543
Alabama403

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
GenusOncometopia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Broad-headed Sharpshooter with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.