On a visit to the Sussex Wildlife Trust's offices in Henfield, I was shown an unmistakable horned leaf hopper, Ledra aurita, that one of the members had brought in for identification.
One of the largest British Homoptera, these insects are so well-camouflaged on the tree trunks and branches where they are normally found that they are seldom seen, though maybe they are quite common. In our area I think I have only come across them twice in the last 35 years.
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What a great bug ! These critters are very frequent visitors to my urban Bedfordshire garden. They are attracted to my 35 watt flourescent "blacklight", the type that used to show up your dandruff in 1960's dicotheques ! I use it to attract moths but also get some interesting bugs although my knowledge is scant to say the least. Fascinating.
Correction:- a 15 watt U/V blacklight fluorescent
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