Buffalo Treehopper (Ceresa bubalus) (formerly known as C. borealis) - 8/4/12 PL DE

approx. 1/4"
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"Free-living Hemipterans"
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Aha... "Free-living" Hemipterans might mean:
Searching for "free-living" instead of "free-living Hemipterans" did the trick.
Hemipterans = True Bugs
Free-living = NOT interdependent with another species in a parasitic, symbiotic, or sessile relationship.
-parasitic- (Biology. An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host.)
-symbiotic- (Biology. A close, prolonged association between two or more different organisms of different species that may, but does not necessarily, benefit each member.)
-sessile- (Zoology. Permanently attached or fixed; not free-moving: a sessile barnacle.)
(Thank you free on-line dictionary and answers.com.)
… K. Stutzman, 4 January, 2013 - 2:30pm