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Buffalo treehopper

Family Membracidae, Vestistilus sp.

Description:

Like other sap sucker insects, membracids can't process the sugar of the sap, so they eliminate it with their urine.

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4 Comments

StuartMcKamey
StuartMcKamey 11 years ago

Vestistilus sp.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Muito bom! :-)

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Love the name!

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Fantástico!

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Spotted on Nov 8, 2012
Submitted on Nov 8, 2012

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