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The alien looking Oak Treehopper nymphs are always a fun find, though very hard to spot unless you're purposely looking for them, as I was, yesterday! Smaller than grains of rice at this stage, there were only a few on this oak limb, while there is usually a large brood...see below for previous encounters in different stages!
Buffalo treehopper
Tiny bug that was camera shy...it would turn away everytime I appoached too close to it. Cute thing but they are considered a pest though.:-(
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I believe this is some type of treehopper. It was about a quarter of an inch long. I photographed it at Huntley Meadows in Alexandria, VA.
Buffalo Treehoppers come from Alabama with a rose under their knee. Err ... Buffalo Treehoppers came to Europe from America in the 20th century. Now they like my roses. They look funky. But they feed on plant sap, and the girls slice plants to put their eggs inside. Buffalo Treehopper boys let the plants vibrate to find girls (much like shieldbugs). It should be possible to see if this Buffalo Treehopper is a boy or a girl, but I have no idea how to tell them apart.
Enchenopa binotata complex. Eastern Redbud is host to this one. The treehopper is teneral (freshly molted) and is beside its vacated shell.
Platycotis vittata - adult emerging from nymphal shell, with another adult and nymphs, underneath an oviposition scar in the oak twig where the eggs were originally deposited.
Platycotis vittata I've been checking on the adult female every morning since I first saw her on 2 Sep with her eggs. This morning they were finally hatching. I've read that the mother will make a slit in the twig for the hatchlings to feed on (in addition to the ones she's already made and deposited the eggs into). She has moved back a little further but is still keeping keeping a watchful eye over them and will continue to while they're in the nymphal stage.
Threecornered Alfalfa Treehopper ~ (Spissistilus festinus)
Happy Macro Monday! Part of the fun of learning macro photography is getting to know the strange alien creatures that lurk in our own backyards. This Threecornered Alfalfa Treehopper blends in so well on a green leaf. He was about .2 inches (5mm) in length.
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Two days ago, only one of the Treehopper nymphs was sporting a new look...now they all have more colorful, matching attire!
They're a lot tougher to photograph now, since they've learned to shift to the hidden side of the branch when approached, like many insects instinctively do!
Oddly, people always insist that I do the same when having my picture taken...hmmmm!😃
Moringa horned treehopper "Leptocentrus moringae," on a leaf.
They most often occur on trees, sometimes on grasses or shrubs, but most often on trees. They can suck on plant juices for maybe a month. They don’t necessarily move once they have found a good spot. They feed day and night. Some move more frequently because they feed on faster growing plants.
What distinguishes them visually is that their pronotum—the protective plate at the front of insect’s thorax—is expanded up and over the body. In some species, the pronotum resembles a thorn [they are often called "thorn bugs"], but in others, it takes other bizarre shapes. In most other insects, such as leafhoppers, cicadas, beetles, and bees, the pronotum is just a simple band from one side to the other.
Treehoppers communicate using vibrations. They sort of shake their body and each species has a different vibration pattern that goes through the branch and transmits as far as a meter. This is how they communicate with other members of the same species or even ants.
They're really friendly :D
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