Sckel, this fascinating and "fluffly" little insect is amazing! It's also our Spotting of the Day! Congratulations on the recognition and thank you so much for the awesome contributions!
Hello to all kind people. Thanks for your comments. :)
It is a Cercopidae nymph. It is not parasitized by fungi. I'm still researching it. As do the larvae of lacewings, this insect carries a white mass on the back, to be disguised as egg mass. I have not figured out if the body it produces this mass, which is a foam that solidifies, or if he steals mass of eggs of other insects.
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thanks, Joshua Asel, AnnieLopezReyes, Reza Hashemizadeh, Diaz José Miguel and DanielePralong. :)
Looks like a foe Godzilla would tangle with. Really nice congrats.
Congratulations!
A big YAY on this awesome SotD !
Well deserved and lonv overdue!
Congrats Sckel! Beautiful and interesting.
Thanks to all members. Thanks Noah. This is really cool. Hugs from Brazil. :)
Yes! Congratulations! Fantastic and beautiful.
Parabéns, Sckel.Lindas fotos e bicho, como sempre.
Congratulations. Fabulous shots.
Congrats Sckel!
Congrats
Congrats again sckel on the well deserved SOTD
congratulations on a beautiful SOTD!
Sckel, this fascinating and "fluffly" little insect is amazing! It's also our Spotting of the Day! Congratulations on the recognition and thank you so much for the awesome contributions!
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so cool
Your photography captures it well Sckel :)
Mark, you're the best. :D
? Flatidae, Flatinae, prob Nephesini ... http://canr.udel.edu/planthoppers/north-...
Very good description.
awesome!
Hello to all kind people. Thanks for your comments. :)
It is a Cercopidae nymph. It is not parasitized by fungi. I'm still researching it. As do the larvae of lacewings, this insect carries a white mass on the back, to be disguised as egg mass. I have not figured out if the body it produces this mass, which is a foam that solidifies, or if he steals mass of eggs of other insects.
woolly aphid?
Beautiful!
What an attractive nymph!