Wide-Footed Treehopper pretending to be a thorn (hexbear.net)

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Jus hanging out pretending to be a thorn drinking sap, what's betta than that

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[-] Dolores@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

looks related to cicada thinking-about-it

[-] itappearsthat@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

They are!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehopper

Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers.

this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2024

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