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onenicebugperday · 28 days

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Beetle-mimic planthoppers in the genus Hemisphaerius, Issidae

Found in South and Southeast Asia

Photo 1 by budak, 2 by tsaiwenhsu, 3 by mblech, 4 by jungle_johnny, 5 by maomorningyip, 6 by portioid, 7 by nakarb, 8 by liujimfood, 9 by cdhsiao, and 10 (for scale) by wilhelmtan

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #true bugs #planthopper #beetle mimic planthopper #issidae #hemisphaerius #mimicry #one nice bug #long post

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herpsandbirds · 7 months

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

photograph by Anh Tuan Vo

#planthopper #hemiptera #issidae #rounded planthopper #hemisphaerius #bug #insect #animals #nature #asia

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bowelflies · 3 years

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Have you ever seen candy striped leafhoppers? We get them where I live in the warmer months and they’re the prettiest little things

i’ve certainly seen some impressively striped hoppers before, especially when i was in the tropics, but above all the one i think i’d really love to see in person is hemisphaerius binduseni:

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#hemiptera #issidae #Anonymous

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coffeenuts · 5 years

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Hemisphaerius formosus Melichar, 1913 by melvynyeo

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corefragments · 5 years

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Hemisphaerius formosus Melichar, 1913 by melvynyeo

#bugs #insect #photography #creepy

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astronomy-to-zoology · 12 years

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Hemisphaerius formosus

(not sure if there is a common name for it)

this insects is an obscure species of plant hopper of the family issidae. not much is known about them. they probably behave similarly to other planthoppers in that they use hopping as a main means of locomotion and have a diet of mostly plants. their most distinguishing characteristic is their coloration which is vastly different than the usual green and brown of normal planthoppers they are brightly colored having deep red and turquoise stripes along their backs (possibly as a show of toxicity?)

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Arthropoda-Hexapoda-Insecta-Hemiptera-Issidae-Hemisphaerius