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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Homalodisca vitripennis

The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter is a colorful insect with big wings that look like glass! They are known for their jumping skills and love to sip on plant juices.

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter is a dark brown to black insect, approximately half an inch long, with distinctive light yellow spots on its head and thorax. Its most striking feature is its transparent, 'glassy' wings, which are slightly tinted with red veins, giving it a unique, see-through appearance.

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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Glassy wings look see-through, helping it blend into leaves.

It carries invisible germs that can make grapevines very sick!

It drinks hundreds of times its body weight in plant juice every day!

This tiny bug can shoot water out its rear like a miniature cannon!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sip-and-Strip

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter can drink huge amounts of plant sap because of its powerful piercing-sucking mouthparts that helps them access plant xylem.

Fähigkeit

Liquid Launch

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter can shoot tiny jets of water from its rear end because of its efficient digestive system that helps them get rid of excess sap.

Fähigkeit

Invisible Pest Carrier

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter has a special ability to carry harmful bacteria that helps them spread serious diseases between many different plants.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
24-28 mm
Größe
12-14 mm
Lebenserwartung
60-90 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

This insect drinks nutrient-poor sap from plant stems and leaves all day long.

Hauptnahrung

  • Grapevine sap
  • Citrus tree sap
  • Oleander sap
  • Almond tree sap

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

shelters

Xylella bacterium

Xylella fastidiosa

Carries and protects bacteria that cause plant diseases.

eats

Common Grape Vine

Vitis vinifera

Feeds on sap, often spreading deadly Pierce's Disease.

eats

Sweet Orange

Citrus sinensis

Feeds on sap, potentially transmitting citrus variegation.

eats

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Feeds on sap, common host in gardens and landscapes.

parasitizes

Sharpshooter Parasitoid Wasp

Gonatopus ashmeadi

Larval wasps develop inside and consume sharpshooter nymphs.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

These insects are not dangerous, but it's best to watch them from a distance.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

24-28 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

12-14 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

60-90 Tage

Was frisst Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

This insect drinks nutrient-poor sap from plant stems and leaves all day long.

Wo findet man Glassy-winged Sharpshooter normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Glassy-winged Sharpshooter?

6

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