Stats

Lifespan: A few months
Size: Tiny
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Nocturnal
Social: Solitary
Biome: Temperate woodland
Range: North America
Movement: Hopping
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Camouflage
Status: Common

About

A slender, wedge-shaped leafhopper native to eastern North America with a metallic copper-orange sheen across its folded wings. It sits motionless on leaves and stems, sipping plant sap, then flicks away in a sudden sideways hop the instant it senses a threat.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small egg is laid on or near the larval food source and hatches within days or weeks.
2.
juvenile
An immature insect feeds and molts, growing through successive instars.
3.
subadult
A near-adult insect has wing buds or near-mature form, one molt away from full size.
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
Genus: Jikradia
Species: Jikradia olitoria