Wierd little bug

[fyrffytr1]

This thing is less than 1/4" long. I just happen to see it move. It was on my pear tree. Anyone know what it is?

 

[Mackaydon]

Looks like a snail in motion.
Don..

 

[Red-Coat]

Neat. It looks to be a 'planthopper'... a true bug in the taxonomic sense (ie Hemiptera) of the suborder Auchenorrhyncha and infraorder Fulgoromorpha.

The nymph stage for many genera of these insects commonly has a brush-like or bushy tail. This one is Acanalonia servillei, which may not be the same species you have (there are thousands of them) but at least gives you an idea.

 

[fyrffytr1]

Red, thank you for the information. I saw this bug yesterday and went back to look for it again this morning. It was still in the same place. I went back this evening after a rain shower and it was still in the same exact spot! But, when I would try to get another picture it would circle the branch so it was on the back side from me. No matter where I moved it would circle away but it never moved up or down.
I can't wait to order a good macro lens. Hope my stimulus check gets here in the next month or two!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Cool photo! He is a bit camera shy (circling the branch).

 

[A2coins]

Nice pic and good infoon it. Where did all the caccoons and walking sticks, frogs, Turtles Praying Manitss,Moths with the eye on the wings go?

 

[A2coins]

I guess fertalizer and building got them to be extinct around here

 

[fyrffytr1]

Seems it was the nymph. I went back today and it was still in the same spot, but it had changed!