Graphocephala coccinea (Candy-Striped Leafhopper).
 
 
 
Photo: 07/18/11, 9 am.


Leafhopper Graphocephala coccinea. Common names include candy-striped leafhopper, red-banded leafhopper, scarlet-and-green leafhopper, and red-and-blue leafhopper. These animals remind me of tropical fish and are just amazing. 
 
 
bug guide (this specimen, different photo):
http://bugguide.net/node/view/547704
wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphocephala_coccinea


Graphocephala versuta (Versute Leafhopper).
 
 
 
Size: approx. 5 mm. Photo: 07/20/11, 11 am.


A close relative of the former leafhopper: Graphocephala versuta. It is even smaller G. coccinea and reveals its amazing color patterns only in the magnified photograph. This species is more on the greenish side and has a black sawtooth markings at the apex.  
 
 
bug guide:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/549169
sharpshooters and leafhoppers of the world:
http://naturalhistory.museumwales.ac.uk/sharpshooters/browserecord.php?-recid=612