Project Noah

Project Noah is a tool to explore and document wildlife and a platform to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere.

Join Project Noah Today

Treehopper

Membracis mexicana




No species ID suggestions

11 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 10 months ago

Stunning picture! Amazing colors!!

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 months ago

yes, that's one of the problems with insects, sometimes differences betwen species are very subtle, other times the same specie can have many different colorations and shapes (polimorphism)

Leuba
Leuba 11 months ago

very stylish !

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

I think they are 2 different species.

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

Good guess, Ashish. But if you look at the shield above the head you may notive that the black parts are separated in Mexicana in Cingulata not. And there are no white parts next to the body in Cingulata. In addition Cingulata seems to be a South American species. Membracis mexicana is safe in my eyes.
This one is from Colombia:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roboelman/6...
Also from Colombia, but not Mexicana:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/roboelman/6...
http://robertoelman.photoshelter.com/ima...
And this one from Arthur from Ecuador with a wrong ID...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/artour_a/43...
It is also Phyllotropis cingulata not Membracis mexicana.

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 11 months ago

Wow! What a great spotting!

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 months ago

His helmet remind me Alexander the great's headgear... fantastic spotting...

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 11 months ago

Thanks for the ID

bayucca
bayucca 11 months ago

This time it was an easy one ;-)...

Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala

Lat: 14.62, Long: -90.54

Spotted on May 28, 2012
Submitted on Jun 2, 2012

Spotted for mission

Related spottings

Membracis Planthopper Membracis Treehopper Soldadinho Membracid Treehopper

Nearby spottings

Scales Treehopper inmatures Wild Strawberry Unknown spotting