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leaf-hopperAny of numerous species of plant-sucking insects. They feed on the sap of leaves. Each species feeds on a limited range of plants. (Family Cicadellidae, order Homoptera.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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A leafhopper, for instance, may spring several hundred times its own body length in one second. THE INHERITANCE Blond, you favored your mother, But named John, after your dad, You inherited all he had: A farm in debt, an old hound, Long-horns and Rhode Island Reds, Guinea and pea fowl, A family of kids to be fed, A well going dry, Leafhoppers on the vines, The vines needing to be pruned And the grapes harvested. and curator of hemiptera at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, has found large colonies of the saltmarsh leafhopper in Southampton and Poole. |
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