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Hopper

Aethalion sp.

Photo by Juan DiTrani
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

in the last picture there´s a couple of adults protecting inmatures from predators

Species ID Suggestions

treehopper

Membracoidea: Aetalionidae: Aetalion sp.
JasonCryan
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Comments (4)
KarenL
Awesome! This looks like a great one for the Brooding Behavior in Arthropods mission!
catgrin
I love that you can see the underside of the second adult in the pic you've chosen as your main image. Great series!
Mandy Hollman
That last photo is interesting. Thanks for explaining it.

Spotted for Missions

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The Hoppers
Mission
Parental care in insects and other invertebrates
Photographed
PublishedMay 31, 2012

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