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Cuerna Sharpshooters

Tiny, thumbnail-sized leafhoppers. They tap into a plant's xylem fluid for food and every day drink immense quantities of it. In regards to their name, one possible theory is that it refers to the rapid firing of liquid waste from their rear end similar to the rapid firing of a sharpshooter.

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Uploaded on June 9, 2020
Taken on May 1, 2020