# What is this bug?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug/592724>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 14, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug/592724 "2011-08-14T22:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug/592724/1 "2011-08-14T22:26:49Z")

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It was on my husbands tomato plants along with quite a few of its relatives. I’ve Googled around but haven’t found anything that looks like this.

(Sorry for the crappy pictures, I had trouble getting the camera to focus on something that small.)

[One](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RpwZe2PXsiM/TkhK2WRZHwI/AAAAAAAAARg/DMPJCtQprJw/s1600/bug0001.jpg) and

[two](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qDtHMpc3hUM/TkhK3rSS1tI/AAAAAAAAARk/xJDqDFyCbBg/s1600/bug20001.jp)

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug/592724/2 "2011-08-15T03:47:23Z")

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It looks like a [keeled treehopper nymph](http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/05/keeled-treehopper-nymphs/)…in other words, the baby version of the [keeled treehopper](http://bugguide.net/node/view/38008/bgpage).

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**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug/592724/3 "2011-08-15T04:00:32Z")

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> [@jayjay](#):
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> It looks like a [keeled treehopper nymph](http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/04/05/keeled-treehopper-nymphs/)…in other words, the baby version of the [keeled treehopper](http://bugguide.net/node/view/38008/bgpage).

Yup, you got it in one! We even have ants all over in there getting the honeydew from these aphid-type bugs. Guess I’d better go get some keeled treehopper nymph killer.

Thanks much!