| - Approximately 1/2 inch (11 to 13 mm) long.
- Body shape is parallel-sided with a pointed head.
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| - Wings are partly transparent with reddish veins, folded flat over the body.
- Dark brown to black in color with ivory white undersides and belly.
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| - Top of head has small, ivory-to-yellow spots.
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| - Muscles that operate the feeding pump give the face a swollen appearance.
- Piercing/sucking mouthparts (white circle).
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| - Length of hind tibia has two rows of small spines.
- While resting, they shift their bodies from side-to-side (inspiring the name "sharpshooters").
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| | - The Glassy-winged sharpshooter has five nymphal (immature) stages.
- Nymphal length ranges from 1/16 inch (2 mm) long for the first stage up to 3/8 inch (9 mm) for the fifth stage.
- Nymphs are olive-gray with prominent reddish eyes.
- Immatures are wingless and have softer bodies.
- Immatures have piercing/sucking mouthparts and a bulging face.
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