Buffalo treehopper
Insect
Buffalo treehopper
Stictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke
Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Membracidae
Distribution: Most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Photos
Pale green adult has large thorax with two “horns†and a long posterior wedge-shaped body.
Bernard Drouin, Ministry of Ag., Fisheries, and Food
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The pale green adult exhibits a large thorax with two "horns" and a long posterior wedge-shaped body (A). The cream-colored eggs are laid in a groove on the tree bark, where they overwinter.