Greg Sutton was closely inspecting the back legs of a planthopper nymph — a small green, flightless insect — when he noticed something odd. He's now a post-doc at the University of Bristol, in England ...

In the time between hatching and becoming full-grown adults, tiny planthopper nymphs put on a flashy show. The planthoppers can secrete a waxy substance from their abdomen that results in strange, ...

Igor Siwanowicz's image of planthopper nymph gears won 9th place in the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition. Photo courtesy of Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, ...

The brown planthopper (BPH) remains one of the most formidable threats to rice production across Asia, inciting extensive research into the genetic and physiological mechanisms underpinning host ...

The insect world is filled to the brim with strange, diminutive bugs that fly, murder, and dazzle—sometimes all at the same time. But the Ecuadorian Planthopper Nymph, tiny as it may be, still manages ...

The variety of ways insects manage to make themselves invisible never fails to amaze me, even after 30 years as an entomologist. Today's Moment of Nature Zen is a wee baby planthopper with what ...

The image above is an extreme close-up of a common British insect called a planthopper. You’re looking at it from below, at the point where its two hind legs connect to its body. In the middle, you ...

Planthopper bugs may be small, but they attract mates from afar by sending vibrational calls along plant stems and leaves using fast, rhythmic motions of their abdomen. In a new study publishing March ...

This cave planthopper species new to science is only the second dwelling exclusively in the subterranean depths of Brazil from its family. Surviving without seeing the light of the day at any point of ...

Five species in the delphacid planthopper genus Pentagramama have been described from the United States: P. bivittata Crawford, P. douglasensis Penner, P. longistylata Penner, P. variegata Penner, and ...

In two national parks in Vietnam, new species were found blending in with tree trunks. Constant J, Pham T-H, Nguyen HTT (2025) ZooKeys When facing a threat, most animals have a choice to make: fight ...