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Stegosaurus Treehopper

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

A tiny Treehopper of 3 mm in length which looks like a miniature Stegosaurus. Family Membracidae.

Habitat:

Forested area, Km 11.5 highway between Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

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Comments (3)
LaurenZarate
Hi Mark, haha, no same camera, its a Lumix GF5 and was hard to learn to use well. Hope that means I'm getting better with it.
Mark Ridgway
Your photos are extraordinary Lauren. Did you get a new camera recently?

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PublishedAugust 1, 2018

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