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Keeled Treehopper (Entylia carinata)
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SauriaMami
Ant, Entyla hopper and nymphs? -
Entylia carinata
Atchison, Kansas, USA
August 27, 2008
Size: And was 1/2 cm
Found on cosmos plants in my garden. Dill is growing alongside.
The ant seemed to be 'grooming' the nymphs as well as the single ?hopper?
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Contributed by
SauriaMami
on 28 August, 2008 - 6:12pm
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 1:43pm
Moved
Moved from
Treehoppers
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Ken Schneider
, 2 March, 2009 - 9:58am
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Entyla carinata
yes
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Andy Hamilton
, 2 March, 2009 - 8:31am
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"grooming"
Ants stroke aphids and hoppers to get them to secrete honeydew, which they like to eat. This is beneficial to both parties, the ants get a snack and the aphids or hoppers get the protection of the ants.
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Toni Dudley
, 28 August, 2008 - 7:06pm
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Sounds like a great form of s
Sounds like a great form of symbiosis! Are the smaller insects there that particular leaf hoppers young do you know?
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SauriaMami
, 28 August, 2008 - 7:20pm
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No, I don't know if they are
the young of that leaf hopper.
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Toni Dudley
, 29 August, 2008 - 4:30pm
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I've been watching for 2 days
I've been watching for 2 days now...more ants and the leaf hopper is still there with the babies of...I think? it?
Do leaf hoppers 'brood' do you know?
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SauriaMami
, 29 August, 2008 - 9:32pm
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We have -
some similar images of treehopper adults and nymphs, with or without ants, in BG - see, for example:
Will move to Membracidae page for now...
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Ken Schneider
, 26 September, 2008 - 1:12pm
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