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The young can frequently be found on herbaceous shrubs and grasses, while the adults more often frequent hardwood tree species. Excess sap becomes concentrated as honeydew, which often attracts ants. Some species have a well-developed ant mutualism, and these species are normally gregarious as well, which attracts more ants.
The basic colouration of the stocky body is dark-brown. The large protruding eyes are round and reddish-brown to red. The pronotum is hairy, arched up and pulled back in a long, wave-shaped extension above the wings, with two sharp, ear-shaped lateral protrusions (hence the Latin name cornutus, meaning "horned"). The legs are very short.
The Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) is a species of insect [1] belonging to the treehopper family (Membracidae). [2] It has unusual appendages on its thorax. While Bocydium can be found throughout the world, they are most prevalent in Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia. [3]
These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and are covered with hairs that facilitate the spreading of a secretion over their bodies that acts as a water repellent and carrier of pheromones . [ 1 ]
Stictocephala diceros, the two-horned treehopper, is a species of hemipteran insect within the family Membracidae. [1] The species range includes much of eastern North America, which includes southeastern Canada in areas adjacent the United States border and US state regions such as the Midwest , Northeast , Southeast , as well as some western ...
Gargara is a large genus of tree-hoppers, typical of the tribe Gargarini, erected by Charles Jean-Baptiste Amyot and Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1843. [1] There are widespread species records from Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia.
Two-horned Treehopper(Stictocephala diceros) Tree hopper nymph Stictocephala spp. Stictocephala [1] is a genus of treehoppers in the family Membracidae; [1] in the subfamily Smiliinae and tribe Ceresini. [2] Species appear to be distributed mostly in North America, but S. bisonia has become widely distributed in Europe.
Hemiphractus fasciatus, or the banded horned treefrog, is a species of frog in the family Hemiphractidae.It is found in northwestern Ecuador and possibly the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia; although formerly listed for Panama, this involves the similar and closely related H. elioti (western Panama), H. kaylockae (far southeastern Panama) and H. panamensis (eastern Panama).