Stats

Lifespan

A few months

Size

Tiny

Diet

Herbivore

Activity

Diurnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Hopping

Breeding

Egg-laying

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

Leafhoppers are tiny jumping insects that live on the stems of grass and trees. They coat their bodies in a waxy secretion that repels water and carries chemical signals.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   egg

   A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3. 3.
   subadult

   A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
4. 4.
   adult

   Fully grown, with full wings and adult coloration.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hemiptera

Family

Cicadellidae