{"id":2349,"date":"2010-03-04T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T20:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=2349"},"modified":"2019-02-07T17:46:32","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T17:46:32","slug":"blunt-nosed-leafhopper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/insects\/blunt-nosed-leafhopper\/","title":{"rendered":"Blunt-nosed Leafhopper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Order:<\/strong> Homoptera || <strong>Family:<\/strong> Cicadellidae<br \/>\n<strong>Scientific Name: <\/strong><em>Limotettix (=Scleroracus) vaccinii <\/em>(Van Duzee)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2349 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blunt-nosed Leafhopper nymph - 5\/19\/2010 (about the size of a flea)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2644'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhopper nymph in Maine on a standard piece of lined notebook paper &#8211; 5\/19\/2010 (it is about the size of a flea)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blunt-nosed Leafhopper nymph - 5\/19\/2010 (about the size of a flea)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-317x316.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-423x421.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-634x631.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/05\/BNLH-051910b.jpg 639w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2643'>\n\t\t\t\tMagnified view of a Blunt-nosed leafhopper nymph in Maine &#8211; 5\/19\/2010\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper (somewhat magnified view)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2117'>\n\t\t\t\tAn adult Blunt-nosed leafhopper resting on a cranberry insect sweep net (in Maine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper perched on the rim of a 12&quot;-diameter insect sweep net\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper2-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2115'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhopper (on the rim of a 12&#8243;-diameter insect sweep net)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-022.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-022-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult beside a US penny\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-022-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-022-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4386'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhopper adult\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-024.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-024-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult beside a US penny\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-024-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4387'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhopper adult\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-026.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-026-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult beside a U.S. penny for scale purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-026-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-026-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4388'>\n\t\t\t\t(Closer View) Blunt-nosed leafhopper adult in Maine (6\/25\/2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-028.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-028-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult beside a US penny\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-028-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-028-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4389'>\n\t\t\t\tEven Closer View: Blunt-nosed leafhopper adult in Maine (6\/25\/2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-030.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Greatly magnified view of a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult as viewed through a dissecting scope\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-030-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/06\/June2015-030-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4390'>\n\t\t\t\tGreatly Magnified View: Blunt-nosed leafhopper adult in Maine (6\/25\/2015)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Greatly magnified view of a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper adult as viewed through a dissecting scope\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhopper4-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2123'>\n\t\t\t\tAnother magnified view of a Blunt-nosed Leafhopper Adult in Maine\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers2-2009.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers2-2009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blunt-nosed Leafhoppers (2009 outbreak) (view inside a 12&quot;-diameter sweepnet after only 25 sweeps)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers2-2009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers2-2009-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2350'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhoppers inside a cranberry insect net (in Maine; Year 2009) (The view here is looking down into a 12&#8243;-diameter sweep net after only 25 sweeps)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers-2009.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers-2009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Blunt-nosed leafhoppers 2009\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers-2009-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/03\/Blunt-nosed-leafhoppers-2009-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2351'>\n\t\t\t\tCloser view of many Blunt-nosed leafhoppers inside a cranberry insect sweep net following 25 sweeps across a Maine cranberry bed in 2009\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo showing numerous Blunt-nosed leafhoppers inside a cranberry insect net (in Maine; July 3rd, 2015) (after 25 sweeps with the net)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4410'>\n\t\t\t\tBlunt-nosed leafhoppers inside a cranberry insect net (in Maine; July 3rd, 2015) (after 25 sweeps with the net)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A closer view of the photo at left, with each Blunt-nosed leafhopper circled.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2015\/07\/Blunt-nosed-Leafhoppers-070315c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4409'>\n\t\t\t\tCloser view of the photo at left, with each Blunt-nosed leafhopper circled.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><em><strong>Photos by Charles Armstrong.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Not seen in Maine\u2019s modern cranberry era until the 2009 growing season, when it was found at two separate locations, with a large outbreak at one of those locations.\u00a0 Another location saw high numbers of them in 2015 and 2016, and they were found fairly routinely on many Maine cranberry beds in 2017 and 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Notes: <\/strong>This is a &#8216;piercing-sucking&#8217; insect in the manner in which it feeds, and most of the feeding is done throughout the nymphal stages, when they are wingless (only the adults have wings). The nymphs (see photos below) need to molt a total of five times\u00a0before\u00a0becoming adults, and this\u00a0development period lasts about one month.\u00a0 The adults may be found from June all the way through early September (with the first hard frost eliminating any stragglers), and their numbers will swell and peak in July or early August. <strong>In very high numbers (100 to 200 per 25 sweeps), leafhoppers can drain the vines significantly<\/strong> (robbing the stems of water and sugar), but most importantly, it is a known carrier of the plant\u00a0phytoplasm (virus-like pathogen)\u00a0known as <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/diseases\/cranberry-false-blossom-disease\/\"><strong>False Blossom<\/strong><\/a>, which threatened the entire cranberry industry nationwide in the early 1900s and was so bad in New Jersey that it is said to have nearly ended their cranberry industry there altogether.\u00a0 The disease manifests itself as deformed blossoms that do not set fruit. It is being found again in New Jersey, and pockets of it are still found in wild bogs on Cape Cod in Massachusetts, and more recently it has been detected at a couple of commercial Massachusetts bogs in 2017 and 2018.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can learn more about this pest on pages 61 to 63 of A.L. Averill &amp; M.M. Sylvia\u2019s book,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umass.edu\/cranberry\/downloads\/Cranberry%20Insects%20of%20the%20NorthEast.Averill.Sylvia.Franklin.2000.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Cranberry Insects of the Northeast<\/strong><\/a>. There are two photos of False Blossom disease at the bottom of page 62.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Order: Homoptera || Family: Cicadellidae Scientific Name: Limotettix (=Scleroracus) vaccinii (Van Duzee) Photos by Charles Armstrong. Not seen in Maine\u2019s modern cranberry era until the 2009 growing season, when it was found at two separate locations, with a large outbreak at one of those locations.\u00a0 Another location saw high numbers of them in 2015 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":0,"parent":461,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blunt-nosed Leafhopper - Cooperative Extension: Cranberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/insects\/blunt-nosed-leafhopper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blunt-nosed Leafhopper - Cooperative Extension: Cranberries - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Order: Homoptera || Family: Cicadellidae Scientific Name: Limotettix (=Scleroracus) vaccinii (Van Duzee) Photos by Charles Armstrong. 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