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New #OpenAccess work in #RESSystematicEnt

Phylogenomic insights into helmet #evolution in neotropical #treehoppers (Hemiptera: #Membracidae): Conserved morphological complexity across five subfamilies
doi.org/10.1111/syen.70014

#Phylogenomics
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the many versus the money 🇺🇦
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Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes?

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#treehoppers #insects #BodyShape #morphology #ElectricalFields #Electroreception grrlscientist.medium.com/why-do-treeh...
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM Everybody can reply
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Jules in the Garden
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Somehow today is the last Saturday in October

Since we're well into fall now, I know it's unlikely that I'll see many more garden visitors this year

And so, here's a visual ode to some of the lovely critters I've seen this month

Until next spring, friends 👋

#flowers
#nativeplants
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Six images of various wildlife I've seen the past month. From top left: a green frog with black spots lays in a shallow pool of water surrounded by rocks and aquatic plant life; a bumblebee forages on a spiky purple aster; a shiny ladybug hangs off the end of a crispy leaf; a fuzzy white caterpillar with black markings crawls from one green leaf to another; an olive green treehoppers rests on my thumb after I saved it from being squished on a slide; and a large, shiny hover fly completely obscures the yellow disk florets of a purple aster
October 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Witch Doctor
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Highly recommend looking at pictures of treehoppers. Some have helmets that resemble leaves, ants, and more!
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM Everybody can reply
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Witch Doctor
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#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 Everybody can reply
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Jen Cross
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Ants are in the same order as wasps and can be fierce with a nasty sting. So it could be to dissuade predators. Could also be that the spider’s prey considers ants friendly (like treehoppers).
October 17, 2025 at 1:32 AM Everybody can reply
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Barrett Klein
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I've long marveled at and been stumped by those wacky head extensions of treehoppers. This careful research exposes a convincing reason (detect electric fields of enemies) to sport such burdens: www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....
Electroreception in treehoppers: How extreme morphologies can increase electrical sensitivity
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October 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Hourly Species
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Genus/Species: Auchenorrhyncha
Subtitle: Cicadas, spittlebugs, leafhoppers, treehoppers, and planthoppers
Image of Auchenorrhyncha
October 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM Everybody can reply
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ZooKeys
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The last immature stage of the New World treehopper Campylocentrus nigris is described for the first time. Find out more here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...

#animalbehaviour #insects #treehoppers
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 AM Everybody can reply
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Johan Klein Haneveld
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De 'treehoppers', verwant aan cicaden, hebben bizarre uitsteeksels op hun schilden. Deze helpen niet alleen bij de camouflage maar dienen ook als antenne om elektrische velden waar te nemen. Zo kunnen deze insecten roofdieren onderscheiden van andere insecten. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8V...
Weird Looking Bugs Evolved a Strange Sense We Thought Only Sharks Have
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October 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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The last one is specially Halloween-themed!

#stickers #treehoppers #tuxedopark #renaissancefair #halloween
October 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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I really like the spiked red one.

#stickers #treehoppers #tuxedopark #renaissancefaire
October 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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I really wish you could post more than four pictures at a time.

#stickers #treehoppers #tuxedopark #renaissancefaire
October 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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I made twenty different stickers. Drawing these little guys is really relaxing to me.

#stickers #treehoppers #tuxedopark #renaissancefaire
October 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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I’ll be at the Tuxedo Park Renaissance Faire today, and I made a bunch of treehoppers stickers to hand out. Maybe we’ll run into each other!

#stickers #treehoppers #tuxedopark #renaissancefaire
October 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM Everybody can reply
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Judith A.H. Smit
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Membracis dorsata treehoppers (adults and nymphs) in Panama! One of my favorites at the moment. 😍

#insects #treehoppers #membracids
October 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Jack C.M
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Biologists Figured Out Why Treehoppers Look So Weird. Via @whatdamath #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Biology #Entomology 🪲 youtu.be/6g8VLDN3QIU?...
Biologists Figured Out Why Treehoppers Look So Weird
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October 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM Everybody can reply
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Karen Knight
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Treehoppers
September 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM Everybody can reply
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Jen Cross
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You proved my point:
"Oak treehoppers usually cause little damage to shade trees.."
"...damage by a colony of this species of treehopper is minor and essentially confined to small oviposition scars in twigs."
"..produce stem damage ..causing no harm to the overall health of their oak hosts."
September 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM Everybody can reply
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im bebop, man, so thats what you call me 🌹🔨
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treehoppers are freaken great look at them pronotum!
September 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM Everybody can reply
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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 Everybody can reply
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Jen Cross
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I don't use it most of the time, but the treehoppers I've been shooting like sitting on the bottom of their branch so I brought it with me today.
September 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM Everybody can reply
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Jen Cross
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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 Everybody can reply
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Jen Cross
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Here are few close-ups. In the photo on the left you can see a smaller nymph on the top of the branch that probably hatched later than the others.
Oak Treehoppers (Platycotis vittata) PA
A bunch of small insects on a thin branch. They are black and white striped with red patches on their back. There is one smaller nymph on the top of the branch that is mostly black with red markings. Mama is off to the left and she is green with yellow polka dots and clear wings. There are green leaves in the background. A bunch of small insects on a thin branch. They are black and white striped with red patches on their back. Mama is off to the right and she is green with yellow polka dots and clear wings. There are green leaves in the background.
September 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Mx Trist
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I spent this afternoon decorating the back cover of my tiny new friend with some tinier friends.

#pocketsketchbook #coloredpencils #treehoppers #butterflystickers #tinyfriends
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM Everybody can reply