Peanut-headed Bug

Fulgora laternaria

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The fulgorid insect Fulgora laternaria (often misspelled "lanternaria"), is a planthopper known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, chicharra-machacuy, cocoposa (in Spain) and jequitiranaboia (in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil).

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  1. (c) Geoff Gallice, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/11014423@N07/6148699526
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgora_laternaria

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