Cicadella viridis (Linnaeus 1758) (Family Cicadellidae)


Male

Female

Nymph

Molting

Length: Male 5.7-7mm, Female 7.5-9mm
Egg Nymph Adult
(Winter)
(Juncus effusus Stem)
(Earliest: 26.3) July - October
(Earliest: 22.6)

Biotopes:
Peat Bogs and Mires

Wet Meadows
Food:
(Polyphagous)

Holcus mollis Sap

Juncus effusus Sap

Carex rostrata Sap

Scirpus sylvaticus Sap

Galium palustre Sap
Possible Food:
(Polyphagous)

Rumex Sap
Possible Parasites:
Several Dryinidae
Predators:
Dolomedes fimbriatus

Tetragnatha extensa
Possible Predators:
Several Crabronidae

Several Miridae

British Bugs: Cicadella viridis
Nature Spot: Green Leaf-hopper - Cicadella viridis
Insektenbox: Grüne Zwergzikade
Plant Parasites of Europe: Cicadella viridis


Pictures © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 J.K. Lindsey

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