Common Name: Sharpshooter

Scientific Name: Varies

Order: Homoptera
Sources: http://texasinsects.tamu.edu/aimg89.html
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7492.html

The glassy-winged sharpshooter is a large leafhopper that obtains its

nutrients by feeding on plant fluids in the water-conducting tissues of a plant (the
xylem). Feeding on plants rarely causes significant plant damage, although the
insects do excrete copious amounts of liquid that can make leaves and fruit appear
whitewashed when dry. The excrement is a special nuisance when shade trees are
heavily infested because cars parked under the trees tend to become spotted.
During hot weather, heavy populations of glassy-winged sharpshooters feeding on
small plants may cause them to wilt. The real problem associated with glassywinged sharpshooter, however, is that it can spread the disease-causing bacterium
Xylella fastidiosa from one plant to another. This bacterium is the causal agent of
devastating plant diseases such as Pierces disease of grape, oleander leaf scorch,
almond leaf scorch and mulberry leaf scorch.
Often noticeable on garden plants like okra, resting along stalks and "hiding" from
viewers by quickly walking sideways around to the other side; produce minimal
plant damage to most crops, although they are capable of transmitting plant
diseases such as Pierces disease of commercial grape varieties, which prohibits the
establishment of vineyards along coastal areas of Texas. They are medically
harmless.

The life cycle: Eggs are inserted into host plant tissue (a slit cut into the petiole).
Nymphs are whitish yellow develop through several stages (instars). Depending on
species, several generations can occur per year.
The current strategy for containing the problem is to keep the insect out of new
areas. If you find a sharpshooter, remove it
immediately.
PESTICIDES FOR SUPPRESSION:
IMIDACLOPRID

PYRETHRIN + PIPERONYL BUTOXIDE

FENPROPATHRIN
ACETAMIPRID