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Spongophorus ballista
Large Horseshoe Treehopper, brown with a white head and underside. These fly very well, but are so sure of their camouflage as tree thorns or protrusions, that they rarely fly away. About 1 cm long. Family Membracidae. See this spotting for the courting behavior of this species: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/380....
On a bush along the highway between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 18.5, 1164 meters elevation.
Spotted on Sep 7, 2016
Submitted on Sep 7, 2016
5 Comments
Thank you Felix and Pradeep :)
Beautiful!
Such an odd looking critter! Great spotting.
Thank you Albert :)
Wow!
That's an impressive looking Treehopper