#Oak treehopper

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[northerlyy]

Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata), taken October 23, 2024, in Georgia, US

A beautiful, freshly-peeled treehopper! This was my first time seeing one of these guys in person, and their colors are just magnificent. This species has two main morphs: one with a horn on the pronotum (one of the segments on the back) and one without. It would have been nice to see a horn-morph individual, but this one is nice as well!

[roxyrockles]

fancy oak treehopper boy

[tworingswitholives]

Found some Oak Treehoppers. They're so pretty ^^

[chaoticrystal]

this was my lil guy :]

(don't worry about the red on my hands. not blood. thimbleberry juice)

[alcnfr]

Oak Treehopper Nymph (Platycotis vitata), almost infinitely cool. As well as small, and in a terrible place for an auto-focus only camera...

[willywonker3000]

imagine reaching into ur pocket and pulling out something that feels like an incredibly crinkly leaf and its this guy

[herpsandbirds]

Can you give me some really interesting leafhoppers?

I have a few cool little plant/leaf/tree hoppers for you...

Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata), family Membracidae, Sarasota, Florida, USA

photograph by Matthew Cicanese

Treehopper (Enchenopa sp.), family Membracidae, Owen County, Indiana, USA

photograph by Rick Malad

Orange-striped Rounded Planthopper (Hemisphaerius interclusus), family Issidae, Viet Nam

photograph by Anh Tuan Vo

Treehopper (Adippe zebrina), family Membracidae, Costa Rica

photograph by explorewithdara

Planthopper (Neomelicharia consociata), family Flatidae, Indonesia

photograph by emskakoon

Amazonian Treehopper (Bocydium globulare), family Membracidae, Ecuador

photograph by Andreas Kay

[jahtheexplorer]

Oak Treehopper

Monday for macrophotography. Blessed by finding the most cutest insect baby!

[apsciencebylyn]

The oak treehopper parenting posts will continue until morale has improved

I came across this mum watching over her clutch of eggs, as they were beginning to hatch! 🥹💚

[solarflare-s]

saw the cutest little guy today (oak treehopper -Platycotis vittata)

[artcorvid]

BUG OF THE DAY: SCORPION FLY

suggested by lovely @sugarcoatedcricket

What bug should i draw next? I already have some Oak treehoppers in mind.

This was a bit of a very quick drawing and i didn`t have time to really perfect it, but i just HAD to put some time aside to draw these cool insects.

The wings were a bit of an experiment because i wanted to capture the cool stripes some of these guys have. I kinda like how this turned out but i will have to touch it up a bit if i ever turn it into a sticker

[northerlyy]

Coppery Leafhopper (Jikradia olitoria), female, taken August 24, 2024, in Georgia, US

Quite plain looking, but one of my favorite creatures in the life... This is a female leafhopper ovipositing (laying eggs) into the bark of an oak tree!

The ovipositors of Cicadomorphans (cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, and spittlebugs) are reinforced with metals like manganese, zinc, and iron to make them strong enough to saw into bark, stems, and—in the cicada's case—straight into the woody branches of trees! These are some of my favorite insects, and J. olitoria is a local I've grown fond of seeing.

Here is the paper that goes into depth about the structure of the cicada ovipositor!

[hbmusings]

Currently in chaos mode as I'm prepping for finals at my university.

Despite this, I did get to see an oak treehopper in person, which I believe is a sign that everything will turn out just fine.

[namimi2006cocofangirl]

I photoshopped an Oak Treehopper to be the same color as Trill from Best Fiends

OG:

[dinofur]

what bugs are the SFOTHS

Darkheart: Cyphonia treehopper Firebrand: Philya ferruginosa treehopper Ghostwalker: Oak treehopper Icedagger: Cymbomorpha sp. treehopper Illumina: Nessorhinus graciloides treehopper Venomshank: Umbonia crassicornis treehopper Windforce: Cladonota apicalis treehopper

They're all treehoppers!