Family Membracidae

Treehoppers and ants I saw recently. The ants consume the honeydew (sugary excrement) produced by the treehoppers and in exchange provide protection from predators like jumping spiders. I'll really really appreciate any help with the ID for the treehoppers though :)

comments (4)

Christine Young

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Nice behavioral shot! Posted 3 years ago
1. Wesley Goorachan
  
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  Thanks Christine! There are over 200 of them on a single pea tree. Posted 3 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Wonderful closeup!
Did some searching for the ID, but no luck, sorry. Posted 3 years ago
1. Wesley Goorachan
  
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  Thanks Ferdy! Also thanks for trying to find an ID as well, I spent a while looking as well and made kind of an educated guess that they may be in the genus Cyrotolobus Posted 3 years ago

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