#rhododendron leafhopper

[honeysucklebuttons]

I wanted to show off this absolutely lovely little rhododendron leafhopper I found on my wildflower leaves today!! What a gem!!!!!!

(can I tag you here @onenicebugperday ??)

#onenicebugperday #if so i will do so again most likely!! #but i will refrian if not :) #rhododendron leafhopper #leafhopper #bugs #GONTA LOOK! #blurbles #pic #elliottbugs

[dansnaturepictures]

17th September 2023: Blackwater and Bolton's Bench in the New Forest

Pictures taken in this set are of: 1. Mushroom at Blackwater. 2 and 5. Views on the great walk at Blackwater. 3. Hawthorn berries laden with raindrops, always a nice intense scene. 4. Water mint which was nice to see. 6. Enigmatic devil's fingers at Bolton's Bench, it was a pleasure to see this bright otherworldly fungus reaching across the grass like the sea creature that gives it its other name (octopus stinkhorn). I've seen them at this very spot in two previous years but never this early in a year, I feel thrilled to see my first big name fungi of the autumn with a few around at varying stages. 7. Another amazing and rare fungus that we'd seen here before, distinctive poronia punctata aka nail fungi, I'd only seen this minute one once before again in this very spot so I was thrilled to see this on some suppressed manure, their habitat. These were both exciting to see. 8. A view at Bolton's Bench. 9. Cotoneaster leaves there. 10. Viburnum in the garden when home.

As the rain cleared on the Blackwater walk we saw a handful of Southern Hawkers, astonishing to watch this bulky dragonfly parade over the path. Common Darter, Speckled Wood and Small White butterflies, hornet and my first ever rhododendron leafhopper on the leaf of this plant (we saw bits of flowering on other plants too) which was fascinating to learn about a pretty insect were other insect highlights. Chaffinch and Woodpigeon were nice birds to see at Blackwater. It was also great to see New Forest Ponies and we got magical views of Fallow Deers near and crossing the path, iconic New Forest imagery. Thistle, rose hips, blackthorn sloes and lichen were also nice to see here. At Bolton's Bench I enjoyed seeing bright Willow Warblers in and around a tree with singing Robin and Blue Tit in too, we quickly saw a warbler either Willow Warbler or Chiffchaff at Blackwater and heard Blue Tit and saw Robin well there too. I liked seeing Blackbird at both. A crow fest of Carrion Crow and Magpie including one of each having a mini scuffle and a fair few of the characteristic Rooks of the area including flying over which was a nice moody scene were other bird highlights at Bolton's Bench. Cross-leaved heath, tormentil, hawksbeard and blackberries were other plant highlights at both with gorse and sheep's sorrel seen at Bolton's Bench. Wasps were nice to see too. Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Collared Dove and other flowers in the garden like sedum were good to see at home today.

#photography #devil's fingers #poronia punctata #southern hawker #robin #willow warbler #blackbird #blue tit #england #new forest #uk #world #happy #flowers #rhododendron leafhopper #water mint #2023 #walking #walk #earth #tormentil #sunday #weekend #outdoors #birdwatching #insects #europe #september #autumn #fungi

[robotblues]

yo it's this guy

#animals #rhododendron leafhopper #leafhopper

[waspcup]

spare bug 4 me :3 ?

rhododendron leafhopper . to me

#wasp answers #ask game #bugs

[llatimeria]

2 and 6 for bugblr asks!

2 - Favorite Arachnid

brown recluses are pretty high up on the tier list for me these days! but also tailless whip scorpions are cool and no one cares about them enough

6 - Species native to your area that you love

Banana Slugs ARE one of the most iconic pacific land-dwelling inverts for a reason but personally an underrated fav of mine are Leafhoppers. theres a couple species out here, mostly blue-green sharpshooters and rhododendron leafhoppers, but both are equally cool + pretty. true bugs in general are just underappreciated imo

#ty!!!!

[bookworm-fr]

Canonical FR fact of the day; #2

The Alder Spittlebug, unlike its real-life counterpart Aphrophora alni has a bright red chest marking, a display of aposematism (the evolutionary trait of having bright colours in order to ward off predators). While this is not seen in the Common Froghopper, which is a dull beige, its other ‘cousins’ the Red and Black Froghopper and the Rhododendron Leafhopper arguably also show aposematism.

#fr #fr fact of the day

[onenicebugperday]

@celepeace submitted: A beautiful rhododendron treehopper I found on one of my potted plants. I'm aware some people consider them pests, but they're so beautiful and personable, I would never do anything to hurt them. I noticed it did a fascinating behavior before leaping onto something so I put my hand in front of it and waited until it gave me this video. I assume it's moving its body around to get a better look at what it's planning on jumping onto, assessing how far away it is and such. What a wonderful little bug.

A beautiful little friend! They're a leafhopper, though, not a treehopper. They're in different families. Great video, too. Definitely assessing distance and stuff before leaping. Potentially they can spread harmful fungus between the plants they feed on, but that's not their fault and I still love them :)

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #rhododendron leafhopper #leaphopper #sharpshooter #true bugs #video

[adobe-outdesign]

[8/11/20] Rhododendron Leafhopper, Graphocephala fennahi.

a very fancy little lad

#leafhopper #leafhoppers #rhododendron leafhopper #insect #insects #outdesign posts things #outdesign attempts to photo #insect catalog #why do leafhoppers go off so hard with the colors

[indefenseofplants]

Meeting of the sap suckers. #rhododendron #plant #plantnerd #nature #leafhoppers #appalachia #sapsuckers #ericaceae #cicadellidae #northcarolina #appalachianmountains #insectsofinstagram #insectsofig #ecology #flowers #biodiversity #temperaterainforest #southernappalachia #coweeta #fieldwork

#ecology #biodiversity #ericaceae #insectsofig #leafhoppers #appalachianmountains #coweeta #plant #nature #cicadellidae #appalachia #insectsofinstagram #northcarolina #plantnerd #flowers #southernappalachia #rhododendron #fieldwork #sapsuckers #temperaterainforest

[humanbyweight]

Rhododendron Leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi)

#Graphocephala fennahi #Watershed Institute #bug #photographers on tumblr #My Shtuf

[thegreato1ne]

New on 500px : Zilpzalp/Chiffchaff with big prey by SigrunBrueggenthies by SigrunBrueggenthies The Chiffchaff has a Rhododendron Leafhopper in the beak. from 500px For download Click Here

#500px #Deutschland #Dortmund #Germany #Nat #Natur #nature #nature photograph #nature pics #Naturfotografie #No person #Sigrun Brüggenthies #Singvögel #Tiere #Vögel

[honeysucklebuttons]

I really do love these little leafhoppers, they're so pretty, and they look a little grumpy from the front hehe

Also I believe a bush katydid nymph just hanging out!

@onenicebugperday

#leafhopper #rhododendron leafhopper #katydid #katydid nymph #bush katydid #bugs #blurbles #elliottbugs

[localnaturalhistory]

This brightly coloured insect is, unfortunately, a Rhododendron Leafhopper, which can have the effect of turning the rhododendron buds brown leading to no flowers. When I took this photo, I didn’t realise what it was. When I went back to move it on, it was nowhere to be seen.....

[robotblues]

Rhododendron leafhopper (Graphocephala fennahi) in my yard. They're native to the eastern United States, but apparently they like the rhododendrons of Washington State just as well.

#rhododendron leafhopper #leafhoppers #rhododendrons #macrophotography #animals #bugs #m

[kevinscottgardens]

18-31 May 2020

Last weekend was a bank holiday and time just flew. I made a second batch of croissants that were a bit more refined than my first attempt; practice make perfect and they are deliciously buttery. Monday was the first day I met up with people other than Ann and Kitty since lockdown. It was odd this social distancing thing. It will take a bit for me to adjust. I met Mary Ellen and her husband, Denis and Susie, at different times, in Richmond Park. I ended up spending most of my day there and seeing almost the entire park.

Institut français sent around a questionnaire asking when we would feel comfortable resuming in-class tuition and I said immediately. I’ve been slowly progressing through Duolingo’s levels, now I need to practice speaking.

I’m enjoying my running, though once I return to work I’ll only be running weekly, unless I can squeeze one in after work while the evenings are so light.

I was so busy this week: I finally walked to storage with the pile of books I read over the past few weeks; Wednesday I accompanied Ann to have her car get its MOT and then we visited her parents in their garden and took the dogs for a walk; I’m desperately trying to finish painting the bathroom - one more coat to go; Friday I met a few friends for a picnic in Richmond Park (Sonja, James, Elizabeth, Rob, Alessia and Paul) and had a work Zoom call to find out what’s happening. I imbibed an entire bottle of Sauvignon Blanc Friday afternoon in the park and enjoyed delicious food and the company of friends I hadn’t seen in months.

I will return to work Monday, 8 June, the same day the garden is going to open to the public. It will be great to be back in the garden and to see how the plants have enjoyed this break from the herds. I will try starting work earlier to avoid the evening rush home.

Yesterday was Ann’s birthday and Kitty has gone all out, including making a Fuller’s walnut cake right out of the Mitford novels. We drove down to Ann’s parents’ where one of her sisters and her family also joined us. It was a really nice afternoon of perfect weather, delicious food and good company. We finished with a walk with all the dogs. 

We arrived home just in time to watch the launch of Space X from Cape Canaveral. I felt like I was eight years old again watching the Space Shuttle take off. I had a thin slice of cake, some tea and headed to bed. I was exhausted.

Plant of the week 24 May

Lamiaceae Phlomis italica L.

common name(s) - Balearic Island sage, wooly sage synonym(s) - Phlomis balearica Chodat; Phlomis rotundifolia Mill. conservation rating - Least Concern native to - Balearic islands location - garden at home leaves - evergreen, grey-green, woolly, oblong flowers - whorls, called verticillasters, of up to six 2-lipped lilac-pink flowers in the upper leaf axils in summer habit - upright, spreading evergreen shrub to 600mm tall habitat - present in grazed areas and rocky soils pests - leafhoppers disease - generally disease-free hardiness - to -10ºC (H4) soil - moist and well-drained sandy or loamy soil sun - sheltered, full sun propagation - seed at 13 to 18°C in spring, softwood cuttings in summer, division pruning - dead, damaged, diseased, keep under control by cutting back to about half its size in autumn to renew growth and maintain a bushy shape nomenclature - Lamiaceae - gullet, the name in Pliny refers to the gaping mouth of the corolla; Phlomis - flame, the hairy leaves were used as lamp wicks; italica - from Italy

References, bibliography:

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103535317/103535327 [31 May 20]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-152268 [31 May 20]

Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:453921-1 [31 May 20]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/25155/Phlomis-italica/Details [31 May 20]

Shoot [online] https://www.shootgardening.co.uk/plant/phlomis-italica [31 May 20]

Plant of the week 31 May

Ericaceae Rhododendron ponticum L.

common name(s) - common rhododendron synonym(s) - Anthodendron ponticum (L.) Rchb.; Azalea arborea L.; Azalea gandavensis K.Koch; Azalea lancifolia (Moench) Kuntze; Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel.; Rhododendron gandavense Rehder; Rhododendron myrtifolium Lodd. [Invalid] infraspecific taxa - Rhododendron ponticum subsp. baeticum (Boiss. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz. conservation rating - none native to - Bulgaria, Caucasus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey location - Richmond Park leaves - tough, leathery, dark green, oval leaves flowers - terminal trusses of 10 to 15 purple, funnel-shaped flowers in spring habit - densely branched, evergreen, suckering shrub or small tree growing to 5m tall habitat - from sea level to over 2000m altitude, occurring in deciduous and evergreen forests pests - vine weevil, rhododendron leafhopper, pieris lacebug, scale insects, caterpillars, aphids disease - powdery mildews, rhododendron petal blight, rhododendron bud blast, silver leaf, honey fungus hardiness - to -20ºC (H6) soil - acidic, moist and well-drained sun - full sun to full shade propagation - seed, layering; often used as a rootstock, surviving when the grafted variety has died pruning - unhealthy, dead, diseased or damaged shoots nomenclature - Ericaceae - erica - Pliny’s version of an ancient Greek name used by Theophrastus; Rhododendron - rose-tree, an ancient Greek name used for Nerium oleander; ponticum - of the Black Sea’s southern area, Pontus or Pontica. NB - Fossil evidence shows it had a much wider range across most of southern and western Europe before the Late Glacial Maximum, or until about 20,000 years ago. It was noted by the botanist Joseph Pitton de Tournefort during his travels in the Near East in 1700–02, and so received its name from Linnaeus to identify the ancient kingdom on the south shores of the Black Sea, Pontus, in which it grew. At the other end of its range, in southern Spain, Linnaeus' friend and correspondent Clas Alströmer found it growing with oleander. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental shrub in 1763, and later planted as cover for game birds. It is now considered to be an invasive species. Honey produced with pollen from the flowers of this plant can be quite poisonous, causing severe hypotension and bradycardia in humans if consumed in sufficient quantities, due to toxic diterpenes (grayanotoxins). In some parts of the world, including Nepal, a controlled dosage of the honey can be taken to induce hallucinations for spiritual or psychological purposes.

References, bibliography:

CABI [online] https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/47272#tosummaryOfInvasiveness [28 May 20]

Gledhill, David, (2008) “The Names of Plants”, fourth edition; Cambridge University Press; ISBN: 978-0-52168-553-5

IUCN [online] http://www.iucnredlist.org/search [28 May 20]

Plant List, The [online] http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2418394 [28 May 20]

Plants of the World [online] http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333114-1 [28 May 20]

Royal Horticultural Society [online] https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/100610/i-Rhododendron-ponticum-i/Details [28 May 20]

Wikipedia [online] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_ponticum [28 May 20]

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#Rhododendron ponticum #Phlomis italica

[vetstudentnl]

Leafhoppers on a Rhododendron plant. Beautiful insects, don't you think?

#leafhopper #animals #Beautiful #insects #vet #nature #rhododendron #plant