#planthopper nymphs

[rukaidv]

Okay, everybody stop what they’re doing, RIGHT NOW.

…Flatid planthopper nymph popcorns…

[critter-creature-or-beast]

Submitted for classification by @casperwyomingxer

"Ricaniidae planthopper, possibly Ricania guttata, Hong Kong

Photo by @casperwyomingxer (me)"

[vrgssmncht]

Planthopper nymphs... They're so shaped...

[alcnfr]

Planthopper nymph (Genus: Thionia)...

[fancypatrosublime]

Flatid planthopper nymph ✨🐝💛

I 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑖 sono una famiglia di 𝑐𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑔𝑜𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑑𝑖; si distinguono dagli altri per una combinazione di caratteri.

Come tutte le altre cicaline, succhiano la linfa del floema delle piante; è noto che alcune specie comunicano con le vibrazioni attraverso gli steli delle piante.

I Flatidi sono insetti dall'aspetto simile a quello di piccole farfalle: la testa è provvista di due ocelli disposti sotto gli occhi e lateralmente rispetto alle carene laterali; le antenne hanno flagello filiforme e non segmentato e i due articoli prossimali ingrossati; il rostro ha il segmento terminale più lungo che largo.

Le ali anteriori presentano i caratteri morfologici più evidenti di questa famiglia: molto ampie, di forma trapezoidale, con superficie del clavo marcatamente granulosa alla base; la costa è fortemente curvata nella parte anteriore e presenta numerose nervature trasversali. In fase di riposo, sono ripiegate a tetto ma tenute quasi verticalmente ai lati dell'addome, conferendo all'insetto l'aspetto di una farfalla. La morfologia delle ali permette di distinguere questa famiglia da quella degli Acanaloniidae, che sono privi di nervature trasversali nella regione costale e della granulazione del clavo.

Gli individui giovani emettono secrezioni cerose che ricoprono l'intero corpo e si prolungano in ciuffi dietro l'addome.

[laithesque]

flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. their weird waxy filaments are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult

[tacit-semantics]

Excruciatingly slow progress, but progress regardless I guess!!

[thesiouxzy]

[crevicedwelling]

flatid planthopper nymph, Singapore. hemipterans (true bugs) like these have mastered the art of covering oneself in weird waxy filaments, which are shed along with their last juvenile molt, revealing a sleek, gossamer-winged adult

[thedisablednaturalist]

FUCKING

ANGY

(A planthopper nymph in the family flatidae)

[alcnfr]

Teensy-weensy Planthopper nymph (Possibly Thionia quinquata), since my camera declines to focus where I want it to focus, this is the only reasonable pic I got of it....

[tacit-semantics]

FINALLY got my white yarn y’all know what that means

[apsciencebydan]

Fresh Apache degeeri just dropped ❤️

These lovely planthoppers grow up as silly little nymphs in rotting logs, turning into these magnificent creatures as adults. This one appears to have very recently molted to adulthood. I love them, of course.

[vile-worm]

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[herpsandbirds]

Found this little guy while trimming some herbs, any idea what it is? Upstate NY if that helps.

Planthopper ID - NY, USA:

Hello, yes, I'm pretty sure that this is the nymph (it doesnt have wings) of a planthopper (probably Cicadellidae), but there aren't great resources for identifying these.

Some ideas are Fieberiella sp., Xerophloea sp., Gyponana sp.

Any ento people on here have another idea?

@onenicebugperday

[crevicedwelling]

since you liked the last barely-identifiable tuft of arthropod matter so much, here’s another:

this is a ricaniid planthopper nymph creeping furtively away from me while hiding behind its wax plume tail.

as an adult, it will lose the wax fluff and hold its broad wings flat when at rest, like these ricaniids I saw nearby. I’m not sure if the nymph belongs to any of these species, though.

Ricanula sp., Ricania sp., Pochazia sinuata

Singapore, 2023