Parasites in Camouflage

Not A Leaf: Acanalonia planthopper on a stem, Schenley Park, 3 August 2019 (photo by Kate St. John) 9 July 2026 Now that Bug Season is in full swing it’s fun to find the bugs in camouflage. Planthoppers are parasites that suck the juice from plants, though they rarely reach the pest level in their native range. They barely move when perched but if you jostle them they jump like grasshoppers. Plant.Hoppers. Every life stage uses camouflage to hide from predators. Google Lens identified the bug at top as an Acanalonia planthopper that sucks the juice of woody plants. Usually green in color, the adult is trying to look like a leaf. Some species of flatid planthoppers are white so how are they camouflaged? Flatid planthoppers on yellow jewelweed, Schenley Park, 9 July 2012 (photo by Kate St. John) The adult females secrete a white waxy substance to protect their eggs and young. The adults resemble moths as they hang out in a white fuzz zone. White planthopper nymphs on stems (photo by…