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penwash
July 2nd, 2020, 08:38 AM
... not the addictive, but the creeping kind.

Spotted this bug on my wife's bitter melon (Momordica charantia) vines:

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50068687706_9b02d57eef_z.jpg

Looks like this bug is either a top-tier bug or it's guaranteed for life. :)

I think if it can write, it'd be writing with a Sheaffer.

(If any entomologist here can identify the name of this bug, do tell, my wife and I will appreciate that).

Chrissy
July 2nd, 2020, 11:40 PM
I believe this is the male Glassy Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassy-winged_sharpshooter). What a great name for a bug. :)

penwash
July 3rd, 2020, 08:41 AM
I believe this is the male Glassy Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glassy-winged_sharpshooter). What a great name for a bug. :)

That is indeed quite fancy for a bug that hangs out among vegetable vines :)

My wife said "Thank you!", Chrissy!

AzJon
July 3rd, 2020, 03:56 PM
Glassy winged sharpshooter or the Balance Bug?

Both are equally impressive titles.

penwash
July 3rd, 2020, 04:25 PM
Glassy winged sharpshooter or the Balance Bug?

Both are equally impressive titles.

"The Valiant Glassy-Winged White-Dotted Sharpshooter Sentinel"

Try to say that fast 5x.

Don't hurt yourself.