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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Leafhoppers and Treehoppers (Membracoidea) » Typical Treehoppers (Membracidae) » Smiliinae » Polyglyptini » Publilia » Publilia reticulata
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treehopper tended by ant (1 of 3) - Publilia reticulata
Copyright © 2009 John Pearson

treehopper tended by ant (1 of 3) - Publilia reticulata
Ackworth, Warren County, Iowa, USA
May 24, 2009
Size: ~4 mm
Hopper on midvein; photo inverted from previous perspective, now "head up". Hopper in all three cases was near base of leaf blade facing toward tip of leaf.

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ant tending treehopper - Formica montana treehopper tended by ant (1 of 3) - Publilia reticulata
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Contributed by John Pearson on 24 May, 2009 - 11:45am
Last updated 4 April, 2017 - 12:39am

Moved
Moved from Publilia.
… v belov, 4 April, 2017 - 12:39am login or register to post comments

Looks like
P. reticulata
… Kyle Kittelberger, 3 April, 2017 - 8:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
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