Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families)
A useful reference for Leafhoppers & planthoppers in Australia:
https://idtools.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/leafhop/index.html
Discussion
waltraud
wrote:
6 hrs ago
MPW this group of planthoppers are also known as long-headed planthoppers and are characterized by a elongated frons i.e. the frontal part of the head (not mouth parts)
Thanatodictya (genus)
MPW
wrote:
Yesterday
We found several of these Nymph stages on a "needle bush" Hakea sericea. Will go back to see if any Adult stages are around ? Very cryptic camouflage, abdomen resembles a "pine cone" in appearance + very elongate extended "proboscis" (?)
Thanatodictya (genus)
abread111
wrote:
10 Mar 2026
Thanks for the suggestion @waltraud! Does look like it... a nymph as there are no wings.
Thanatodictya (genus)
waltraud
wrote:
10 Mar 2026
not a beetle; perhaps a Thanatodictya (genus) plant hopper
Thanatodictya (genus)
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