Stirellus bicolor - Bluestem sucker. Leafhoppers can be picky. Some suck sap from almost anything, others, like our gold and purple friend here stick with one group. Lots of them are grass specialists, eastern grasses have loads of leafhoppers and often dominant counts of the things that hang around plants above ground (you know those things...). Oh, and they range from pretty to beautiful, lots of designers could take a lesson. Check the 150 some species most with pictures on the Maryland Biodiversity site. And, MAGLEV 200 acre site.












