Amazon pics part 3

[Moebius]

Here are a few more. The first guy was about 2 cm long and the last two were about 1cm. I can't decide what the 'appendage' hanging down from the 'throat' of the 2nd pic is. If I zoom in on the original on pic #3, I can also see part of it. At first I though it was just a leg from the other side of the insect, but the zoom on the other pic and also analyzing unposted images of this same insect shows that it is not a leg. Anyone have any ideas?








Ken Nelson
Canon 30D
Sigma 150mm

[rjlittlefield]

I can't decide what the 'appendage' hanging down from the 'throat' of the 2nd pic is. ... Anyone have any ideas?

I'd lay odds on piercing mouthparts in a slightly unusual posture & position.

--Rik

[dave_putty]

Amazing pictures the first one looks almost like a fresh water shrimp…nice shots Ken

[Ken Ramos]

I too would venture to say its a rostrum of sorts, similar to an aphid maybe and by the way Daves comment about it resembling a shrimp in the first image is pretty good. I have never seen a hopper like this, I am assuming this is a hopper right?

[Gordon C. Snelling]

That is indeed the mouthpart of the insect. It belongs to the order Hemiptera a group in which one of the major define features is the piercing mouthpart.

[Ken Ramos]

See...told ja' so.

[beetleman]

The second two look like Leaf or tree hoppers and the first one looks like a true bug of some sort, looks like sucking mouthparts also on him. Beautiful pictures Ken