Who would’ve thought that on the second official day of winter (this past Tuesday, 2 December) I would find a new leafhopper? Yet here it is, Lindbergina aurovittata, a species whose adults can be seen between August and November. I guess the mostly mild weather has extended its life cycle a little this year (though some species of leafhopper overwinter as adult bugs, most pass the colder months as eggs or nymphs, according to the website of the Auchenorrhyncha Recording Scheme for Britain & Ireland). I found this particular Lindbergina aurovittata sitting under a leaf on a Bramble hedge along with several other leafhoppers of the Ribautiana tenerrima species.