Hey all. I’m briefly back in internet contact, so I thought I’d share a shot from this afternoon. It shows a treehopper species whose adults have the same size, shape, and color of the abdomen of the Cephalotes atratus turtle ants that tend them:
Anyone know the species? I’ve not had time to look it up.
3 comments on A hopper that mimics its ant associates
No clue, but very cool pic 🙂
Hi, nice pic. I bet is some Tragopini, probably Tragopa, but some Membracidae expert has to corroborate this. See: http://treehoppers.insectmuseum.org/public/public_content/show/14809
I’d reckon it’s Chelyoidea, given the lateral ‘ear-like’ pronotal extension immediately posterior to the eye. Such cuties.