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Gray lawn leafhopper

Exitianus exitiosus
Eats: PlantsTrue bugs and cicadasGardens and meadows6 legs

The gray lawn leafhopper is a tiny bug that lives among plants. Like all leafhoppers, it can jump far with its strong back legs. Its name tells you it is grey and that you can meet it in lawns.

Lives in
North America
Top speed
about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)
On foot, estimate
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a tiny plant juice drinker.
What does it eat?
Like all leafhoppers, it pokes its beak-like mouth into plants and drinks their juice, called sap.
For real!Photo of Gray lawn leafhopper
Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

cool stuff

Fun facts

1

It belongs to the leafhoppers, a huge family of small jumping bugs.

2

Scientists have split it into two slightly different kinds, called subspecies. Both were named in 1947.

3

Leafhoppers drink plant juice through a mouth shaped like a tiny straw.

you asked

Most asked questions about Gray lawn leafhopper

?What does the gray lawn leafhopper eat?

It drinks sap, the juice inside plants.

?Can leafhoppers jump?

Yes. Leafhoppers have strong back legs and can jump far for their small size.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Exitianus exitiosus
Group
True bugs and cicadas
Family
Cicadellidae
Classification
Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadellidae
Lives on
North America

Where the facts come from

  1. Exitianus exitiosus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by xpda. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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