By far my favorite species of hopper I saw on my recent trip to Costa Rica!
💚 Thorn bug (Umbonia ataliba)
📸 OM tough TG-7
📍Valle Escondido EcoLodge, Monteverde, Costa Rica
seen from Argentina
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seen from China
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seen from United States
By far my favorite species of hopper I saw on my recent trip to Costa Rica!
💚 Thorn bug (Umbonia ataliba)
📸 OM tough TG-7
📍Valle Escondido EcoLodge, Monteverde, Costa Rica
hello my dears... planthopper with large eyebrows today...
this is my first time finding anything like this in the forest. a planthopper (nymph i think?) with large bushy eyebrows. looks very distinguished. a top hat would go very well with it
in addition to the normal fluffy hairy appearance that planthopper nymphs possess, this one also has a 'star' on its head. very pretty! one of the stranger planthopper nymphs ive seen
Superfamily Fulgoroidea
again, a very general id since planthoppers are very diverse and even harder to id in nymph stage
Picasso Bug (Sphaerocoris annulus), family Scutelleridae, found throughout much of tropical and subtropical Africa
photos: Alan Manson, Nick Helme, & Hubert Szczygieł
“Oh no, however will i harvest my wheat?”
The humble sickle:
although i handle plenty of shy animals for easier photos, Siphanta acuta is definitely not one of them, as they're usually happy enough standing completely still on their branch of choice and bothering them for a better angle will just result in them jumping away. so it's certainly a surprise that this one ended up on my finger somehow and was so polite about it
(July 22nd, 2025)
comic done for a project assignment a few years back!
wizard
Graphocephala coccinea have been restocked!