sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I walked along the vines at sunup this morning in search of finding a specimen and I found two of these common green leafhoppers laying on their side in different areas of the vines. At first I thought that they may be sleeping however it turned out that they had expired which I found to be quite strange especially finding two of them that way.

Oh well, as I say, waste-not - want-not so I brought it in for a focus stacking photo session and I placed a sample paint swatch from the hardware store behind it to create the blue background.

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Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

Beautiful picture. That is strange to find. I wonder if they were paralyzed by a solitary wasp, and left there for some reason. Anyway, I always like how these have such prominent and intricate wing veins.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Mark, these green leafhoppers are quite common on our vines so I see them often. What was truly strange with these two were that they were laying on their side yet looked quite normal. When I touched them and they didn't move I thought something might be off with them which it turned out to be.

Very strange things happen in very strange ways.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Yep, another nice stack.

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Thanks, Kpmac. They were deceased when I found them and I don't know if something got to them like perhaps an Assassin Bug and this was all that remained or if it was something more mysterious.