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Cyphonia clavata
Feeds on the phloem sap of herbs with their piercing sucking mouthparts. Has a distinctive 'helmet' that is an evolutionary adaptation to enable them to camouflage themselves from predators.
Feed on any soft stemmed herbs in open areas especially fields of grass.
Spotted on Mar 27, 2014
Submitted on Mar 27, 2014
10 Comments
Thank you.
Nice Treehopper! Please consider adding to the global mission, The Hoppers: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8096...
Thank you everyone.
Lovely! I have some Cyphonia spottings too if you want to check them!
Interesting shape!
That is an interesting one!
Thank you Lauren :)
Love it!
hehe. I admit, they are cool and are always on the move.
Ooooo! What a shape! :))