Very good photo of an interesting creature!
While I was looking for more info on this creature,
I've found the page on the site you've mentioned, and your son's
photo is currently the first one in the collection:
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/155470-Leptocentrus-taurus
I've found an interesting fact about this creature:
"Fulgoroid nymphs also possess a biological gear mechanism at the base of
the hind legs, which keeps the legs in synchrony when the insects jump.
The gears, not present in the adults, were known for decades before the
recent description of their function."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planthopper
Cheers,
Igor
On Aug 26, 2019, at 7:51 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote:
hi,
i have been occupied generally with other things to take part in pdml
meaningfully but i thought i'll share something nice that happened to
the son, Adit. he wants to be a naturalist and have been photographing
bugs and insects a lot in recent times. one of them, a photo of a
less-than-1cm-long 'eggplant horned planthopper', has been nominated as
observation of the day by iNaturalist, the citizen science project.
the photo on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B1ovUXOgSnS/
he used ks1, DAL 55-300 and raynox dcr250 to take the photo, so it's
not strictly OT ;)
thanks for looking, subash
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