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Graphocraerus ventralis
Family: Cicadellidae

 A distinctive greenish-yellow species recognised by the four small black spots running across the vertex in a line. There are also two to four spots on the anterior part of the pronotum. The scutellum is unmarked. The forewings of the male are longer than in females, approximately equal in length to the abdomen.
 
This local species is found on grasses as far north as Durham.

 Adult: June to August
Length 4.5-6 mm
 Graphocraerus ventralis
Adult female: north London (June 2008) ©Tristan Bantock
Graphocraerus ventralis Graphocraerus ventralis
Adult female: north London (June 2008) ©Tristan Bantock

 Adult male: Suffolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock
Graphocraerus ventralis Graphocraerus ventralis
Adult male: Norfolk (May 2009) ©Tristan Bantock

 Nymph: Yorks (June 2009) ©Joe Botting