The post Treehoppers Tap Secret Messages Through Plant Stems appeared first on A-Z Animals. The tiny green bugs you see hopping from leaf to leaf in your garden are more specialized than you think.

The treehopper family Membracidae is a wild and wacky bunch, the lesser known cousins of the less-than-appealing cicada. The slow process of evolution has led this family of bugs to split off into ...

Moringa horned treehopper "Leptocentrus moringae," photographed in Tamil Nadu, India. (Flickr photo by arian.suresh) When a mosquito lands and begins to feed, the saliva it deposits in the skin stops ...

Buffalo Treehopper blends into his surroundings, with his bright green coloring and triangle shape they appear to be a leaf or a thorn at first sight© J.J. Gouin/Shutterstock.com Many fascinating ...

Treehoppers look like ordinary thorns on a plant stem, but hidden beneath that disguise is a sophisticated communication ...