The Sheaffer Bug

[penwash]

... not the addictive, but the creeping kind.

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



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]

I believe this is the male Glassy Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis). What a great name for a bug.

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I believe this is the male Glassy Winged Sharpshooter (Homalodisca vitripennis). 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]

Glassy winged sharpshooter or the Balance Bug?

Both are equally impressive titles.

[penwash]

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.

[Doctox]

Glassy winged sharpshooter or the Balance Bug?

Both are equally impressive titles.

Actually, more like a "BFM"