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Thorn Mimic Treehopper and Ant.

Photo by DyahPitaloca
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Field Notes

Notes:

Entrancing mutualism. I accidentally watched two of these animals, treehopper and ant. Ant always lurking the treehopper. Do not know what the liquid suddenly dripping from treehopper ass then captured by the ant, and the liquid is drunk it.

Reference Links:

Ants and Aphids - Mutualism Between Ants and Aphids

Species ID Suggestions

Eggplant Horned Planthopper

Leptocentrus taurus

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John B.
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Comments (7)
John B.
For confirmation of presence in your area, please look at: https://www.gbif.org/species/2022062
DyahPitaloca
thanks Paddy. please visit this link http://insects.about.com/od/coolandunusualinsects/f/antsandaphids.htm. this looks similar to this case.
CindyBinghamKeiser
Great spotting! This would be a nice addition to The Hoppers mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096480

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