KAREN'S GALLERY (est. 2005)

Acanalonia nymph (Acalonia, a genus of plant hopper)

6/23/12 PL DE - although teneral and not able to be IDd, I think it might be A. conica because that's what I was overrun with in adults.)
note from BG before I frassed picture:
"Acanalonia - freshly emerged from its exuviae and not yet colored up ("teneral") and therefore impossible to identify to species by color"
… Andy Hamilton, 28 December, 2012 - 12:31pm

definition: teneral
"The period when the adult insect is newly emerged from the pupal case or nymphal skin. During the teneral period, the insect's exoskeleton has not hardened or darkened, leaving it vulnerable. The term comes from the Latin tener, meaning soft, young, and tender."

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