Seasonal development and life cycle—Leafhoppers
Female leafhoppers insert their tiny eggs in tender plant tissue.
The wingless nymphs that emerge molt four or five times and mature
in about 2 to 7 weeks. Nymphs resemble adults except that they
lack wings; later-stage
nymphs have small wing pads. There is no pupal stage. Leafhoppers
overwinter as eggs on or in leaves or twigs or as adults in protected places such
as bark crevices. Most species have two or more generations each
year.
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Nymphs
of the white apple leafhopper
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