Check out this little scamp. My True Love took this photo of a baby (nymph) leafhopper. It was in a hurry to grow up and too cute for words.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
Check out this little scamp. My True Love took this photo of a baby (nymph) leafhopper. It was in a hurry to grow up and too cute for words.
Kind Regards.
Tracy.
Just darling! Will it grow into the antennae?!
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Those whatsamecallits are coming from its butt. As yet, I haven’t seen an adult leafhopper with strange thingys sticking out its bottom. 🙂
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Hahaha! I got the ends mixed up!
I just looked it up. Those are antennae tails used to confuse their predators about which end is which. It works!! https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/plant-hopper-nymph/
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Wow. I’ve learnt something too. Thanks, Heather.
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Cute.
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🙂 Very. Striding out like a star of the catwalk.
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Very true
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Cute as 😍
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Makes me happy just looking at it. 🙃
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I had the same problem of confusing whether he was walking up or down..The larva of the hummingbird moth causes the same confusion..horn on one end, eye on the other.
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Those insects are ingenious. Thanks, Judy.
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Amazing! I hope its mom knows which end is which! 😀
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Probably happy to see the back of it, Dries. 🙂
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It is a little charmer.
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Charmed me. 🙂
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Cute little critter. What does it mean when the butt is bigger than the head? 😁😉 Please tell your TL thanks and thank you for lightening my morning.
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Thank you, Anne. I thought we needed some lightening.
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I’m not so sure about the cuteness of it, though a wonderful shot all the same 😉
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Thanks, Suz.
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Very strange and confusing 🤔
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You’ve got the right idea, Pauline. 🙂
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An odd little fellow – nature can be so interesting Tracy – I shall have to look this up to see what it looks like full-grown!
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Probably not as cute. 🙂
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