Homalodisca lacerta - Smoke Tree Sharpshooter
Cicadellidae
Arizona, USA
Sharpshooter adult (top) and nymph (bottom). Notice the wing pads of the nymph. These pads will turn into fully-fuctional wings when this insect matures and molts into an adult.
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