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bugpix.bsky.social
Been seeing a lot of these Three-Cornered Alfalfa Hoppers[?] (S. festinus[?]) recently and they are just precious. 🥰

Such a good-shaped creature.

#entomology #insect #treehopper #leafhopper #hemiptera
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
daikaijuchaos.bsky.social
More random sketches that I've been doing whenever I get the chance to.
Monsterfolk are fun to design .

#art #sketch #doodle #characterdesign #monstergirl #monsterfolk
A sketch of a tall, well-toned/buff minotaur girl wearing a basic tank top and shorts. Her tail is wagging. A sketch of a hermit crab person designed inspired by Dungeon Meshi mimics. They are holding up and observing a necklace of pearls. Just a little doodle of a treehopper girl with a big crest/horn protruding from her forehead, wearing a hoodie, casually walking along, sipping from a boba tea. A sketch of a squid/octopus gal in a fashionable outfit that looks like a qipao fused with the long sleeves of a kimono. Her hair is tied into pigtails with beads holding them into the shapes of squid feeding tentacles.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
beccaisoutside.bsky.social
thank you to the bugs
a 3-panel comic of a fluffy-haired person holding a praying mantis, holding a jar containing a treehopper, and running amidst several different insects with a net
October 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
acrosanti.bsky.social
The disaster automaton has a ref!

#art #silksong #silksongoc #hollowknight #hollowknightoc #automaton #furryart
A reference sheet of a bronze insect automaton, from the world of Silksong. Constructed by the Architects, but purpose long forgotten after lying dormant in the lands beneath it. Unknown how he got there. He was picked up and intended to be scrapped for parts by a treehopper named Caulkin native to Shellwood, only to find not only was it still functional, it was alive. With soul somehow infused into it. Just broken enough to be dormant. He didn't have a name before, or at least one he could recall, so Caulkin took to calling him Alder. Since being repaired, whatever hold the Citadel may have had over him is also long gone. He quit enjoys the difference in the landscapes over the elaborate gilding of the Citadel, and what life bugs have versus the pious reserve he recalls. He's quiet, elegant, and horrifically naive. Caulkin does his best to try and keep him from getting into too much trouble.
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
witchdoctor.bsky.social
#13DaysOfHalloween Day 6 is the Brazilian treehopper, one of >3K types of treehoppers, with fancy helmets on both male and female bugs (and funny enough, not much treehopping). The black “beads” will pop off if picked up by a predator, adding a layer of defense www.sciencefocus.com/nature/what-... 🧪
Bocydium globulare, a treehopper with an unusual, helicopter-like helmet. Andreas Kay via Flickr under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
sdcushing.bsky.social
Gray @grays.art shares a fabulous Thorm Treehopper today:
grays.art Gray @grays.art · 21d
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)

10-19-25 at Barefoot Beach
Bonita Springs, Florida

Size: 1cm
The thorn discourages some predators.

#eastcoastkin #AnimalArtTuesday #Bugsky #spooktober #halloween #macro #photography #macroPhotography #native #bugs #insects #nature #art #barefootbeach #art 🎃
Yellow-green with red eyes, reddish and darker green lines and brownish markings, with a tall, perpendicular, thorn-like pronotum.
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
grays.art
Thorn Treehopper
(Umbonia crassicornis)

10-19-25 at Barefoot Beach
Bonita Springs, Florida

Size: 1cm
The thorn discourages some predators.

#eastcoastkin #AnimalArtTuesday #Bugsky #spooktober #halloween #macro #photography #macroPhotography #native #bugs #insects #nature #art #barefootbeach #art 🎃
Yellow-green with red eyes, reddish and darker green lines and brownish markings, with a tall, perpendicular, thorn-like pronotum.
October 21, 2025 at 4:00 AM
quilbug.bsky.social
cool hat

🪲ID Guess: Lantana Treehopper
#bugsky #ozinverts #inverts
A side-view photograph of a glistening brown lantana treehopper sat on top of a fuzzy yellow stem. The treehopper has a stout body mostly covered by its veined wings folded at its sides. It has little eyes, a flat face, and a prominent horn on top of its head. Its three left legs grip uniformly onto the stem.
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
lorenschmidt.bsky.social
some sort of crablike thing with an trilobite / treehopper inspired electrostatic sensor / ornamental crest, a weird cyclops frog demon
October 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
monika09.bsky.social
Owad z rzędu pluskwiaków i podrzędu piewików(Treehopper family membracidae)
❤️💚💙🪲
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
chasingbugs.com
Oak treehoppers are out! Known for their endearing maternal care, mamas remain with their babies until they emerge as adults and eventually leave the oak branch where they were born.
Oak treehopper nymphs lined up on an oak branch. A mother oak treehopper (right) stands face-to-face with her nymph on a branch. A mother oak treehopper (left) stands next to her newly emerged adult children and a nymph on a branch. Two newly emerged oak treehopper adults stand face-to-face on a branch.
September 21, 2025 at 2:59 AM
jencross.bsky.social
Oak Treehopper Mama Update!
Here she is with entire brood. They're getting big! So, why is it nice to leave some leaves around? These kids will hibernate over winter as adult females in leaf litter.
(Platycotis vittata) PA
A thin branch with a herd of small insects that have black and white stripes with red patches on their backs. As the far end, the mother treehopper watches over the youngsters. She is green with yellow spots and clear wings. There are green leaves in the background.
September 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
dinalab.bsky.social
Is this one? We just saw it tonight in Panama
Real big treehopper
September 21, 2025 at 4:48 AM
jencross.bsky.social
These are earlier photos showing the eggs and the nymphs as they've been growing.
Oak Treehoppers (Platycotis vittata) PA
Mama Oak Treehopper watching over her eggs. She is olive green with yellow polka dots and clear wings. The eggs rest in a slit in the tree branch and look like a string of pearls. Oak treehopper mama with her newly hatching babies. The are just a clump of small dark colored insects clinging to the underside of a branch. She is olive green with yellow polka dots and clear wings and is off to the left watching over the babies. Oak treehopper mama with growing babies. The are black and white striped with red markings on their back and clinging to the underside of a branch. She is olive green with yellow polka dots and clear wings. She is off to the left and watching over the babies.
September 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
erujayy.bsky.social
Would you love me if I was a treehopper
September 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
nvolpe.bsky.social
An ALIEN on earth!? 🤯👽
CHECK OUT this insane Treehopper from the Peruvian Amazon! 🌳
Membracids are known for their bizarre shapes and protrusions, but this genus goes to a whole new level! It is thought this crazy C shape is to aid in camouflage to avoid predation from birds! 🐦😳
September 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
dadrummond.art
Alert: Buffalo treehopper in the yard, I repeat, BUFFALO TREEHOPPER IN THE YARD 🚨 (Stictocephala bisonia on joe pye weed)
A green treehopper with clear wings and a large humped, horned pronotum. Stictocephala bisonia, on a joe pye leaf, seen from side. A green treehopper with clear wings and a large humped, horned pronotum. Stictocephala bisonia, on a joe pye leaf, seen from top.
September 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
jencross.bsky.social
Mama Oak Treehopper with her brood. The kids are growing fast! They do like being on the bottom of the branch, it's probably much safer for them there.
(Platycotis vittata) PA
A brown insect with an olongated helmet extending from her back over her head. She has yellow spots and light orangish eyes. The kids are now black and white striped with a red patch on their dorsal side and red eyes.
September 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
jencross.bsky.social
Here are earlier pics. The first is the mother treehopper watching over her eggs (2 weeks ago) and the second is showing mama with her newly hatched brood (1 week ago).
(Platycotis vittata) PA
A brown insect with an elongated helmet extending from her head over her back. She's got yellow spots and clear wings. She is standing over a line of eggs that looks like a string of pearls. A greenish-brown insect with an elongated helmet extending from her head over the back. She's got yellow spots and clear wings. There are a bunch of small brown insects surrounding her. The background is black.
September 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
rowdyrebel.bsky.social
I bring you … the rainbow treehopper! 🌈
September 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
robertwestfall7.bsky.social
A rainbow treehopper
September 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
stonebear4747.bsky.social
With iridescent rainbow hues across its body and striking red legs, this treehopper stands out like a living jewel. Its horn-like extensions even hold shimmering droplets of water, making it look otherworldly.
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
michaeledward.bsky.social
This dazzling little creature is a rainbow Treehopper (family Membracidae), looking like it was painted by nature’s own brush. 🌈🦗
September 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
apsciencebylyn.bsky.social
One of the clutches of oak treehopper eggs I've been watching (but not as diligently as the mum) has hatched! They're such tiny brown lumps! 😍 My previous observations tell me she will remain watching them til they're near adults. I love them so much. 🤎
🌿 🧪
Wide view of an oak treehopper mum (mottled green and orange with a magnificent red-tipped horn) on a twig, watching over her newly-hatched cluster of tiny children; the afternoon sun shining brightly through the trees above the scene A cluster of 30-ish stripy brown treehopper nymphs; not particularly feature-rich. Close view of 15 or so individuals on the twig; many of them are paired up face to face. Top view of the mum with the babies in front of her on the twig
February 28, 2024 at 2:13 AM
luxomancer.bsky.social
This fun little #treehopper is #Ophiderma evelyna, which visited this week for a portrait. These were also the first posted observations of this species on Bugguide.net from Georgia!

#insect(s
#invert(s
#Macrophotography
#Nature
A small treehopper from the side with a green head and upper body, transparent net-like wings, and a brown/orange eye. The same treehopper from above showing it's teardrop shape
May 4, 2024 at 8:50 PM