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Cladonota benitezi
After a heavy rain, I came across this incredible Treehopper stuck on it's side to a leaf, wiggling it's legs. I thought it was a piece of debris with ants pulling on it. I was amazed when I realized what it was. I haven't yet found one that looks like this one. It is about 7 mm long, as you can see from the 4th picture. The two large black bulbs of the ornamentation actually do not touch, by a fraction of a millimeter. From the front or the top (last picture) this little creature looks more like a bird dropping. It has a white spot on the very top of the thoracic ornament. The legs are punctate, but not hairy. Family Membracidae.
Heavy vegetation, km 11.5, Highway between Chiapa de Corzo and San Cristobal de Las Casas, 865 meters.
Spotted on Jul 3, 2014
Submitted on Jul 13, 2014
57 Comments (1–25)
Thank you Antonio, still no species ID for this one.
Thank you for sharing this amazing series, Lauren!
Belated congratulations on this marvelous series!
Congrats Lauren for your amazing SOTD!
Amazing!
Beautiful capture Lauren,congrats on the welél deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Lovely spotting! Belated Congratulations!
Great spotting Lauren... and congrats!!
Congrats Lauren, what an interesting looking critter!
Congratulations friend. you will agree with me that they resemble a rustic charcoal iron.
Congrats Lauren!This is a wonderful series!!!!
Looks like an Alien. Impressive, congrats !!!
Increíble mundo minúsculo. Enhorabuena.
Greeeeeat spotting, Lauren. I loved it!
Congrats! :)
Thank you all so much for the wonderful honor of SOTD for this Treehopper. I am honored and humbled to be part of Project Noah and to have found so many friends all over the world who love nature as I do. May we all continue to find and share the amazing treasures that surround us all everyday.
All that load. It's amazing. Congrats Lauren!
I love the vid! Wonderful spotting Lauren!
Congratulations! Cool spotting!
What a cool critter Lauren. Congratulations on your SOTD!
Congrats Lauren! Very well deserved and an amazing organism!
Congrats Lauren, your crazy looking little treehopper is Spotting of the Day!
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All it needed was a push, great video!
cool
Wonderful.