plant associates |
Polyphagous: Juglans nigra (Juglandaceae, black walnut), Ostrya virginiana (Betulaceae, hophornbeam), Quercus velutina (Fagaceae, black oak), Ulmus rubra (Ulmaceae, slippery elm), Maclura pomifera (Moraceae, osage orange), Morus rubra (Moraceae, red mulberry), Rumex obtusifolius (bitter dock, Polygonaceae), Phytolacca americana (American pokeweed, Phytolaccaceae), Liriodendron tulipifera (tuliptree, Magnoliaceae), Asimina triloba (Annonaceae, pawpaw), Sassafras albidum (Lauraceae, sassafras), Liquidambar styraciflua (Hamamelidaceae, sweetgum), Platanus occidentalis (Platanaceae, American sycamore), and 30 more in Wilson & McPhearson (1981). (UDEL) |
Species Photo Gallery for Flatormenis proxima Northern Flatid Planthopper |
![](photos_records/2013/tnFlatormenis_proxima1376578834.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat | ![](photos_records/2015/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1445452377.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: mixed hardwood forest habitat |
![](photos_records/2019/11/tnFlatormenis_proxima1574967234_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2014/tnFlatormenis_proxima1395396699.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light |
![](photos_records/2014/tnFlatormenis_proxima1395396840.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf, Kyle Kittelberger, Brian Bockhahn Wake Co. Comment: Attracted to Black Light | ![](photos_records/2015/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1445451436.jpg) | Photo by: Kyle Kittelberger Wake Co. Comment: open forest habitat, near mixed hardwoods; on a lawn |
![](photos_records/2015/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1445452338.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf, B Bockhahn Rockingham Co. Comment: NYMPH, Caught sweeping | ![](photos_records/2017/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1502937485_0.jpg) | Photo by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment: unid_planthopper |
![](photos_records/2017/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1502937485_1.jpg) | Photo by: Tracy S. Feldman Scotland Co. Comment: unid_planthopper | ![](photos_records/2015/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1438821821.JPG) | Photo by: Harry Wilson Wake Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2015/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1516904475.jpg) | Photo by: T. DeSantis Durham Co. Comment: ENRI | ![](photos_records/2017/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1499988448.JPG) | Photo by: Maria de Bruyn Orange Co. Comment: Rescued from a rain barrel; the hopper was floating in it and I thought it might be dead but it quickly recovered when I got it out |
![](photos_records/2017/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1500430054_0.jpg) | Photo by: R Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2017/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1502250238_0.jpg) | Photo by: Tracy S. Feldman Durham Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2017/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1506096025_0.jpg) | Photo by: Salman Abdulali Pitt Co. Comment: Observed on a Lantana leaf. | ![](photos_records/2017/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1506098781_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: Seen sitting on vegetation along a trail. Mix of goldenrod, Joe Pye, blackberry, etc. |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1507405549_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Flew across my path in late afternoon. | ![](photos_records/2017/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1507405549_1.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Flew across my path in late afternoon. |
![](photos_records/2017/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1507405549_2.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Flew across my path in late afternoon. | ![](photos_records/2013/11/tnFlatormenis_proxima1518030796.jpg) | Photo by: T. DeSantis Durham Co. Comment: ENRI |
![](photos_records/2013/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1518030797.jpg) | Photo by: D. Blatny / J. Nelson Ashe Co. Comment: NERI | ![](photos_records/2018/06/tnunid_planthopper1529464054_0.jpg) | Photo by: Hunter Phillips Onslow Co. Comment: unid_planthopper |
![](photos_records/2018/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1531444595_0.jpg) | Photo by: Randy L Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light | ![](photos_records/2018/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1538791420_0.jpg) | Photo by: Randy Emmitt Orange Co. Comment: UV light |
![](photos_records/2018/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1538925019_0.jpg) | Photo by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin Madison Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2019/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1561211849_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Shields Onslow Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2019/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1562556424_0.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Woodland edge with weeds/shrubs. | ![](photos_records/2019/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1562979526_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28705636 |
![](photos_records/2019/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1567630029_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32125820 | ![](photos_records/2019/11/tnFlatormenis_proxima1573430315_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Yancey Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1592091102_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49511479 | ![](photos_records/2020/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1592091103_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49511479 |
![](photos_records/2020/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1592427351_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49981099 | ![](photos_records/2020/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1592831220_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50475685 |
![](photos_records/2020/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1592931529_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1593975010_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52051136 |
![](photos_records/2013/tnFlatormenis_proxima1379494338.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Nymph with parasite, caught sweeping | ![](photos_records/2013/tnFlatormenis_proxima1379494359.JPG) | Photo by: Paul Scharf Warren Co. Comment: Nymph with parasite, caught sweeping |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1594514134_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Swain Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52744522 | ![](photos_records/2020/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1595532633_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54073320 |
![](photos_records/2020/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1595532695_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54073366 | ![](photos_records/2020/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1597007052_0.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1597007052_1.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1597007052_2.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2020/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1597030671.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Mitchell Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2020/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1601221852_0.jpg) | Photo by: Owen McConnell Durham Co. Comment: On UV sheet |
![](photos_records/2020/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1601324915_0.JPG) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann New Hanover Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/60954585 | ![](photos_records/2020/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1602282407_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62146128 |
![](photos_records/2020/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1602282408_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62146128 | ![](photos_records/2020/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1604093881_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63845345 |
![](photos_records/2020/10/tnFlatormenis_proxima1604093882_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63845345 | ![](photos_records/2021/05/tnunid_planthopper1621559610_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79592263 - unid_planthopper |
![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1621259212_0.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1621259213_1.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1621259213_2.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1621259213_3.jpeg) | Photo by: Scott Bolick Forsyth Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622163787_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80547528 | ![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622163699_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80547526 |
![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622408638_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80944274 | ![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622408605_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80944268 |
![](photos_records/2021/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622421147_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/80971318 | ![](photos_records/2021/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1622944220_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81799989 |
![](photos_records/2021/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1623630623_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/82934161 | ![](photos_records/2021/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1632161105_0.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2021/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1632161105_1.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1632840652_0.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2021/09/tnFlatormenis_proxima1633048152_0.jpg) | Photo by: Lior Carlson Orange Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2021/11/tnFlatormenis_proxima1637770440_0.JPG) | Photo by: B. Bockhahn Durham Co. Comment: New Hope Creek Biodiversity Survey (2021-2022) |
![](photos_records/2022/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1653826106_0.jpg) | Photo by: Erich Hofmann and Kayla Weinfurther New Hanover Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1653866437_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119335983 |
![](photos_records/2022/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1653866437_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119335983 | ![](photos_records/2022/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1655759853_0.jpg) | Photo by: Owen McConnell Durham Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2022/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1656898712_0.JPG) | Photo by: Rob Van Epps Mecklenburg Co. Comment: | ![](photos_records/2022/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1659406523_0.JPG) | Photo by: George Andrews Mecklenburg Co. Comment: Narrow strip of forest between trail and lake with wet soil plants (Alders, etc). Acted like an Emperor butterfly, circling me once, momentarily landing on me, then flew a few feet to the Maple in the photo. |
![](photos_records/2023/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1683592692_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/160661654 | ![](photos_records/2023/07/tnFlatormenis_proxima1688838005_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2023/08/tnunid_planthopper1691092561_0.JPG) | Photo by: Ted Wilcox Watauga Co. Comment: unid_planthopper | ![](photos_records/2023/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1692662307_0.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light |
![](photos_records/2023/08/tnFlatormenis_proxima1692662307_1.jpg) | Photo by: Mark Basinger Brunswick Co. Comment: Attracted to front porch light | ![](photos_records/2023/11/tnFlatormenis_proxima1699549891_0.jpg) | Photo by: Owen McConnell Graham Co. Comment: |
![](photos_records/2024/05/tnFlatormenis_proxima1715202989_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/214463187 | ![](photos_records/2024/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1718566279_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223173171 |
![](photos_records/2024/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1718566279_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223173171 | ![](photos_records/2024/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1718566212_0.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223173157 |
![](photos_records/2024/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1718566213_1.jpg) | Photo by: Margarita Lankford Orange Co. Comment: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/223173157 | ![](photos_records/2024/06/tnFlatormenis_proxima1718672671_0.jpg) | Photo by: Ken Kneidel Mecklenburg Co. Comment: |
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