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 Small butterfly?
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 09-03-2009 20:11
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
About 4mm long. Pictured in Tanzania
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| mariki |
Posted on 09-03-2009 21:18
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Member Location: Eindhoven Netherlands Posts: 388 Joined: 06.12.07 |
Hello Muhammad, Not a butterfly but a planthopper. Which family? I do not know. Greetings, Marie-Christine |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-03-2009 21:22
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7320 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think Meenoplidae
Edited by Tony Irwin on 09-03-2009 21:23 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 10-03-2009 16:01
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Thank you Marie and Tony 
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 10-03-2009 18:17
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Why Meenoplidae? I would have though about Derbidae or maybe Cixiidae, but never on Meenoplidae.
Edited by Xespok on 10-03-2009 18:18 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 10-03-2009 20:21
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7320 Joined: 19.11.04 |
You are right to question me Xespok! I retract my suggestion which was based on a very similar looking auchenorrynchan on a website. I've had a look at other parts of that website and find that they have put lots of chironomids among their mosquitoes, so I think it's not reliable. Having said that, I'm not convinced this is a cixiid or a derbid either. I'll try to call in some help from elsewhere... Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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