Found on just about every type of plant from conifers to meadow grasses.For you home gardeners, watch your corn, strawberries, and clover (ground cover).
Nymph is hidden in a spitlike mass. You don't want to know where it comes from. Adults are small, black insects with orange stripe markings. They are jumpers. They are shaped like katydids, but alot smaller. Their colors range from yellowish to greenish to brownish.
When the nymphs hatch, in early spring, they find a host plant and attach to that plant with a thing called a stylet.
Not only do they stunt the growth of the plant, but in harvesting, they clog up the machinery. They suck plant juices, making the plant look sick, then the plant dies.
Most of my research on this pest keeps telling me that the only controls are malathion, dursban, and other chemical killers. I have not found any organic controls yet. I believe that since rotenone, sabadilla, and horticultural oil are the top pest managers, and should work on this pest as well since they are substitutes for those other harsh chemicals.
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