Little guy I found walking across the kitchen floor. I don't recognize it, and this is Canada in December, so presumably it came from the head of lettuce I had out on the counter.
Likely the most abundant flatid in the eastern U.S. Their wing shape is unique and makes for easy identification when comparing with other flatids. They lay their eggs in rows on the side of vegetation. I found this one on the same plant as Metcalfa pruinosa from my previous post.
flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. hemipterans (true bugs) like these have mastered the art of covering oneself in weird waxy filaments, which are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult