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Fulgorid Planthopper – Scolops sulcipes FBugs Main | Suborder Auchenorrhyncha – Cicadas & Planthoppers Bugs Main | Bugs Index | Assassin Bugs | Plant Bugs | Ambush Bugs Family: Fulgoridae. Live adult planthoppers photographed at northern Illinois |
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Order Hemiptera: True Bugs number almost 5,000 species in North America, and 40,000 worldwide. They have mouthparts formed into a beak, adapted for sucking plant juices or the liquefied insides of their animal prey.
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha – Cicadas & Planthoppers Suborder Sternorrhyncha – Aphids, scales, mealybugs, jumping plant lice. |