red-banded leafhopper.

red-banded leafhopper.

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5715 Hamilton Ontario,   June 26th 2016,   30° Celsius
I was outside and it felt as of something bit me on the back of my leg. Thinking it was a mosquito I smacked it and instead it was this colourful bug that I was unable to identify. I took the photo after smacking the bug off my leg.  I am interested in what kind of bug this is.  Jewels. 

This is a leafhopper (Hemiptera/Heteroptera: Cicadellidae) in the genus Graphocephala, it looks like G. coccinea, known as the red-banded leafhopper. See http://tinyurl.com/jl3v6pa for images and more detailed information. Leafhoppers are strictly plant feeders, so any bite would be strictly accidental and of no consequence. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.

 

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