Privet leafhopper

Fieberiella florii

Eats: Plants True bugs and cicadasGardens and meadows6 legs

The privet leafhopper is a small leafhopper, a kind of bug that sucks juice from plants. It first lived in Europe. Now it has moved to North America too.

Lives in

Europe, and now also the United States and Canada

Top speed

about 1 km/h (0.62 mph)

On foot, estimate

Can it hurt you?

Harmless

Harmless. It does not bite people.

What does it eat?

Like other leafhoppers, it drinks the juice of plants.

Photo of Privet leafhopper — Picture by Slimguy. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How fast is it?

A tortoise about 0.3 km/h (0.19 mph)

Privet leafhopper 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

It has three names: privet leafhopper, Flor's leafhopper and cherry leafhopper.

It came from Europe and has settled in the United States and Canada.

It belongs to the leafhopper family, small bugs that are good at jumping.

you asked

Most asked questions about Privet leafhopper

?What does the privet leafhopper eat?

It drinks the juice of plants, like other leafhoppers.

?Where does the privet leafhopper live?

In Europe, and now also in the United States and Canada.

For bug experts

Scientific name: Fieberiella florii
Group: True bugs and cicadas
Family: Cicadellidae
Classification: Insecta > Hemiptera > Cicadellidae
Lives on: Europe, North America
Also known as: Flor's leafhopper, Cherry leafhopper

Where the facts come from

Fieberiella florii (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 Slimguy. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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