Not to be outdone in color and design, but a bit more shy than red-banded leafhoppers,
broad-headed sharpshooters tirelessly scurry round leaf and stem to avoid detection.
Here an adult and nymph just happen to meet a marksman equal to their game of hide & seek.
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some little crum creek 
July 31, 2012 at 7:33 am
There you go again with that amazing camera of your – so much detail! Cool!
July 31, 2012 at 9:05 pm
Thanks, Jen. These leafhoppers are fun to shoot. In an instant, they’ll disappear behind a leaf or stem. And I’ll have to employ some misdirection in tricking them round to where my outstretched camera is waiting…click!
July 20, 2012 at 8:24 am
Love the sharpness of these pictures! They are so interesting to look at. Thanks for sharing!! 🙂
July 20, 2012 at 5:09 pm
My pleasure! They certainly occupied me for a while.
July 14, 2012 at 11:11 pm
The closer you look at some things, the more extraordinary they look!
July 18, 2012 at 10:17 am
I haven’t been disappointed yet!
July 12, 2012 at 9:52 pm
Does high heat, like the record setting weather we are having here in MD, increase or decrease leafhopper populations? I am seeing large numbers of flea beetles now. The eggplant leaves are being laced. I am waiting for the onslaught of grasshoppers that usually comes with late summer hot weather. Ugh — bugs.
July 13, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Good question. I really don’t know. Fortunately our heat wave broke a few days ago. I’ve also seen fewer of the red-banded leafhoppers. But I couldn’t venture a cause.
July 12, 2012 at 7:45 pm
I have to look for some leaf hoppers here..wonderful macros..watch out for spiders in your coffee…Michelle
July 12, 2012 at 8:52 pm
Ha! Now that we mention them, it’ll probably happen!
July 11, 2012 at 2:16 am
I find it so strange to see bugs’ eyes up close. Its freaky cool. 😉
July 11, 2012 at 6:30 pm
It’s totally freaky cool to see those super-macro shots of compound eyes that people shoot.
July 13, 2012 at 3:28 am
Sometimes I sit there and go, “Oh! I see where that movie got creepy eyes…”
July 13, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Yes, sci-fi creatures seem particularly inspired by insects.
July 10, 2012 at 10:50 pm
astonishing shots! thanks for sharing Crum Creek’s mysteries with us.
July 11, 2012 at 6:39 pm
Thanks … a pleasure!
July 10, 2012 at 3:22 pm
Wow, that first one looks like he’s dressed the way we used to back in the 60s. He’s pretty hip. I’ll have to look for some of these.
July 10, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Folks sure looked good in the sixties. Maybe, instead of “sharpshooters,” we ought to call these “sharpdressers.”
July 10, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Thanks for reminding me to look for them. Great pictures.
July 10, 2012 at 2:58 pm
Thanks & you’re welcome … Hope you find one, not necessarily in your garden, but someplace!
July 10, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Wow. Who knew such beauty lurks around the garden?
July 10, 2012 at 2:46 pm
I’m continually & happily surprised, Patti.
July 10, 2012 at 12:20 pm
That’s a pretty one! Good macro Scott! 🙂
July 10, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Sure is (pretty, that is). There was also a full skin molt under a sunflower leaf, but I couldn’t get the camera to focus. Thanks HJ!