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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-1--784872386 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Some hemipterans have elaborate ornaments on the prothorax (1st thoracic segment) -- helmets that may reach over the head. The recently suggested origin of these (as equivalent to modified prothoracic wings) has proved extremely controversial -- wings are always on the second and third thoracic segments, and unheard of on the first. I don't think that's it, here. Leafhoppers jump with their back legs which are specialized and short, sit underneath and don't look like this. It's hard to tell what's what at the front end (not quite in focus), but my initial guess from the pic is that the bug might be 'lower' Diptera (Nematocera) -- some sort of midge or mosquito. These don't have appendages sticking out of their heads, though -- if that is the head -- so perhaps it's a fungus sprouting from a sick fly? Difficult one. Steve, Hfx On 2-Aug-14, at 6:50 PM, nancy dowd wrote: > I am not sure what this small insect is, a Leafhopper? And that peg- > like looking reddish thing on its "head" -part of the animal itself > or? (details below): > https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14625823780/ > > I have not found anything that really matches it on BugGuide so far. > > Thanks for any help, Nancy --Apple-Mail-1--784872386 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Some hemipterans have elaborate ornaments on the prothorax (1st thoracic = segment) -- helmets that may reach over the head. The = recently suggested origin of these (as equivalent to modified = prothoracic wings) has proved extremely controversial -- wings are = always on the second and third thoracic segments, and unheard of on the = first. I don't think that's it, here.<div><div>Leafhoppers jump = with their back legs which are specialized and short, sit underneath and = don't look like this. It's hard to tell what's what at the front = end (not quite in focus), but my initial guess from the pic is that the = bug might be 'lower' Diptera (Nematocera) -- some sort of midge or = mosquito. <div>These don't have appendages sticking out of their = heads, though -- if that is the head -- so perhaps it's a fungus = sprouting from a sick fly? Difficult one.</div><div>Steve, = Hfx</div><div> <br><div><div>On 2-Aug-14, at 6:50 PM, = nancy dowd wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote= type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I am not sure what this small = insect is, a Leafhopper? And that peg-like looking reddish thing on its = "head" -part of the animal itself or? (details below):</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14625823780/">https://w= ww.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/14625823780/</a></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have = not found anything that really matches it on BugGuide so far.</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks = for any help, Nancy</div> </blockquote></div><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; = "><div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = <br></div></div></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-1--784872386--
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