Identification Needed

[Jason Crest]

Small bug on blade of grass - measures approx 5mm x 1mm.

Anyone know what it is?

I couldn't get a better shot as when I moved it also moved to maintain the same angle - doh!



DSC09355 by John Pond, on Flickr

 

[Tintin124]

Leaf hopper but not got specific name @hoftwi will know

 

[hoftwi]

It is a leafhopper, Cicadella viridis nymph,male. Very common in grassland in UK but I still haven't got a chance to see it

 

[Jason Crest]

Thanks hoftwi - the non yellow bits were rather grey until I pushed the blues which gave a nice metallic blue. I can now see that from other shots of the male nymph it's slightly overdone.

The nymph wasn't very visible - a slight blur on the side of a blade of grass that was in the way of a shot of a spider.