Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Horseshoe-shaped treehopper

Sphongophorus ballista

Description:

Sphongophorus ballista is a tiny tree hopper that mimics a dry leaf, its helmet does as the name suggests resembles a horseshoe.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

6 Comments

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

thanks mike

MikeVanValen
MikeVanValen 10 years ago

Amazing. Never heard of these before.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 10 years ago

thank you all :-)

Carol Snow Milne
Carol Snow Milne 10 years ago

SUPER WOW! I want this to be SOTD. Incredible!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Awesome !!! :)

RickLampman
RickLampman 10 years ago

AWESOME !!! Great Find :)

Ismael Chaves
Spotted by
Ismael Chaves

Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 16, 2013
Submitted on Aug 16, 2013

Related Spottings

Membracid Treehopper Membracid Treehopper Membracid Treehopper Horseshoe treehopper

Nearby Spottings

Inch worm Spotting Spotting Leaf-footed bug
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team