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Keeled Treehopper

Entylia carinata

The Keeled Treehopper is a small, colorful insect that loves to jump around on plants. Its unique shape helps it blend in with leaves, making it hard to spot!

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Keeled Treehopper has a distinctive, helmet-like pronotum that extends over its head and body, often featuring a prominent, jagged crest or keel. Its body is typically mottled brown, black, or greenish, providing excellent camouflage against plant stems. This unique shape makes it look like a thorn or a piece of debris.

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Keeled Treehopper
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Keeled Treehopper

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Interessante Fakten

Many treehopper babies get protection from ants, who love their sweet, sugary honeydew!

The Keeled Treehopper's spiky "helmet" is actually an overgrown part of its thorax!

These insects are related to cicadas and leafhoppers, sharing a sap-sucking lifestyle!

They have special padded feet that help them grip plants, even when it's windy!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Thorny Disguise

Keeled Treehopper has a thorn-like body shape and mottled coloration that helps them hide from predators by blending perfectly with plant stems.

Fähigkeit

Secret Vibrations

Keeled Treehopper can send and receive secret messages through plant stems using vibrations, which helps them find mates and warn others of danger.

Fähigkeit

Super Jumper

Keeled Treehopper can make powerful leaps with its strong hind legs, allowing them to escape quickly when threatened by predators.

Fähigkeit

Plant Sapper

Keeled Treehopper can access plant sap with its specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts, which helps them get all the nutrients they need.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
7-10 mm
Größe
4-7 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-60 Tage
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

They drink sugary sap from plants using their straw-like mouths.

Hauptnahrung

  • oak sap
  • maple sap
  • ash sap
  • clover sap
  • goldenrod sap

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Birds often prey on treehoppers for a quick, nutritious meal.

eaten by

European Garden Spider

Araneus diadematus

Spiders capture Keeled Treehoppers in their webs or by ambush.

symbiotic with

Common Black Ant

Formica subsericea

Ants protect treehopper nymphs from predators in exchange for honeydew.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

It's best to watch insects from a distance and not touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Keeled Treehopper?

7-10 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Keeled Treehopper?

4-7 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Keeled Treehopper?

30-60 Tage

Was frisst Keeled Treehopper?

They drink sugary sap from plants using their straw-like mouths.

Wo findet man Keeled Treehopper normalerweise?

Forests

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Keeled Treehopper?

6

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