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Treehoppers & Ant Caretakers

Photo by LaurenZarate
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Field Notes

Description:

Small brown Treehopper adults with various sizes of white-lined nymphs, all being tended by a small brown ant species. A Horseshoe Treehopper species was also hanging out with this group (last picture).

Habitat:

Forested areas of the Miguel Alvarez del Toro Zoo, Tuxtla Gutierrez.

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Interaction between different species of Arthropods
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The Hoppers
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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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Insects from Mexico!
Photographed
PublishedMarch 15, 2014

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