Lateral-lined sharpshooter
Cuerna costalis
The lateral-lined sharpshooter is a small leafhopper dressed in black and red stripes. A bright white line runs from its eye all along its side. It hops from plant to plant like a tiny jumping arrow.
Lives in
The eastern half of the United States
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a tiny plant sucker and does not hurt people.
What does it eat?
Like other leafhoppers, it sucks sap from plants with its pointy mouth.
How fast is it?
A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)
Lateral-lined sharpshooter about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its front wings have long stripes that run from front to back.
2
The very tip of its body has a little red spot.
3
It is the only one of its close cousins that has red on its legs.
you asked
Most asked questions about Lateral-lined sharpshooter
?What does the lateral-lined sharpshooter look like?
It is black and red with long stripes, a white line along its side and a red spot at the tail end.
?Is a sharpshooter dangerous?
No. It is a small leafhopper that only drinks plant sap.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cuerna costalis
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Cicadellidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadellidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Cuerna costalis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by JeffreyGammon. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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