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Cladonota sp.

Photo by Juan DiTrani
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Description:

These are tiny insects who feeds on plant sap. They typically have an enlarged and adorned pronotum, sometimes with bizarre shapes, probably for mimicking with the environment or imitating other insects like ants.

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Comments (19)

Hopefully, the Cladonota will get some well deserved attention from the scientific community at large in order to document them further. I did a basic image search for all the Cladonota to see if this one came up. Yours seems to be the only one photographed.
one of the strangest and most wonderful things I've ever seen! Seems like the whole genus is like some kind of Arthropod 'Adams Family'!
That's what I call a trendsetter hat! Fantastic shot!
Ok, that thing is just weird. Thats why I think is is just a phenom capture!
What could be the purpose of this shape over its back ?
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PublishedJune 23, 2011

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