Alien in my garden, unknown insect ID please?

[famas]

went into my garden quickly to test out my new macro rig and saw this little fella on the fence, at first i thought it was a tiny bit of leaf but as i got closer it started to move.
only managed to get two shots of him, both of which are crap but he was there one second and gone the next. it was only about 3mm from head to bottom.
Any one know what it is and were to find more?

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cheers
Dan.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Nice find, it's a plant hopper.

 

[sbowler579]

Not bad for a quick grab shot.

 

[famas]

thanks for the id ajophotog, just googled it, seems theres lots of different verities, this is a brown plant hopper.
what an amazing looking insect, were can i find more?

thanks sbowler, 2 would have been a nice shot but the blown out bits ruin it.

 

[Deleted member 3428]

If you know the scientific name you can get lots of info from here about habitat: linky

 

[famas]

thank you, very usefull site.

 

[famas]

just had a play with the second one. what you think?

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66% crop
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[xvickyx]

Great I like the 1st one great detail in the eyes!!

 

[skyline_kid]

That's one ugly little critter

Chris.