#mexican treehopper

[onenicebugperday]

Mexican treehopper, Membracis mexicana, Membracidae

Photos by magazhu

[thelordofologies]

Treehoppers - Membracidae

(PART 1) / (PART 2) / (PART 3) / (PART 4)

Do you ever see an insect and think . . . What the hell? What the helly? What the helleonte? What the helleon? What the helleberry? Because that is how I felt, seeing various tree hoppers. They look AWESOME ! ! I am 100% going to make multiple parts of this post showing of the variety, because WOW ! !

Another one, thank you . . . Another one, thank you . . . Another one, thank you . . . / jk.

Here is the third part of the treehopper series, they are such cool creatures ! ! Some have horns, some have bulky tails like some kind of insect ankylosaurus, and some are just plain adorable (I'm talking about you Adippe zebrina) ! !

Mexican Treehopper - Membracis mexicana

Cladonota apicalis

Heteronotus trinodosus

Adippe zebrina

Oeda hamulata

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Mexican Treehopper - Membracis mexicana

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2020957

Cladonota apicalis

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/142002960

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34232721

Heteronotus trinodosus

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/97863198

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37459944

Adippe zebrina

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/145412271

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37466021

Oeda hamulata

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/143191968

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68937812

[best-bug-tourney]

Best Bug Tourney Round 1 Poll 31

which is the best bug?

Brazilian treehopper / globe-bearing treehopper (Bocydium globulare)

Mexican treehopper (Membracis mexicana)

Voting ended onApr 26

Brazilian treehopper / globe-bearing treehopper (Bocydium globulare) propaganda:

We do not know yet why it evovled to look like this but I love it.

Mexican treehopper propaganda:

They look so silly

[thecreatureawaits]

The Creature Awaits #119:

Each week I plan to feature an amazing creature, admiring God's fantastic artistry.  Hopefully it’ll brighten someone’s day to see something new and interesting if they haven’t seen it before. : )

This month, we're taking a look at the bizarrely beautiful family of insects known as Treehoppers. ~ <3

(Beautiful photograph taken by skilled photographer and entomologist, Katja Schulz (CC BY 4.0))

The Mexican Treehopper

Scientific Name: Membracis mexicana

Region: Mexico, Central America and parts of northwestern South America

Size: About 0.3"-0.47" (~8mm-12mm) long

Interesting Note: Mexican Treehopper nymphs change color from black, to white with three spots until they finally molt into these beautiful black and yellow adults with bluish eyes as pictured above.  Their shape changes quite a bit, too.  Like other treehoppers, they start out in what most would consider a more typical 'bug' shape, but with each molt, their pronotum (the growth on their thorax and/or head that looks like spines, bulbs or any number of other shapes) transforms closer and closer to their final adult shape.