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Treehopper Colony

Publilia concava

Photo by beaker98
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41.4629, -90.1306

Field Notes

Habitat:

Canal/deciduous habitat

Notes:

At least 2 stages of nymphs as well as many adults were observed. Ants were walking on and around the group, but did not appear to harm them at all. This reminded me of a post about Mutualism from Radha found at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/36184035 in which ants were actually protecting the hoppers. Very interesting to observe.

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Critters of the Midwest
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedAugust 17, 2013

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