Treehoppers of Costa Rica .... ͚͚͚̥̥͒θᵑᵜᵟᶺᶺᶺᶺᶺƢݔҩᾫ٨ӷ

[MrCesarVideo1]

where is my pokedex ?

[mkocja5a]

cute bugs

[0314bacontacos]

what is that? its so cuuutte! :3

[janeyanna]

Mimikri, woohoo :)

Do them hoppers' organs extend into the various bumps and thingies on their backs or are they empty shell parts for hiding/display only?

[memutic]

@janeyanna Eine gute Frage, und ich muB zugeben, daB ich da überfragt bin. Doch kenne ich einen Membracid-expert, und vielleicht wird er uns einen Antwort werfen.

[memutic]

@janeyanna eli says:It would seem not, or at least research has not been able to pinpoint one. it is used in mimicry/camo, but beyond that nothing has been proven. may aid in transferring vibrations, which Membracids use to communicate amongst themselves, but studies showed this not to be true. The pronotal projections are typically covered in sensory hairs, and they certainly play a sensory role... it's possible that they are just a combo sensory organ (environmental/ pheromone) and disguise.

[janeyanna]

@memutic Thanks for you reply!

I always wonder because every addition in body mass means a daily investment of energy. So at least the preliminary evolutionary steps needed to either hitch a ride with some really adaptive trait or have some selective pressure working for them already. Is there such a thing as 'a bit of mimikri'? Imagine that pseudo-ant having only some small black bumps; would that fool a bird?

Or am I getting my brains in a knot here?

[dmeyer2626]

Very Nice!

[Beatelectrico]

I used to feed those to my pet mantis, they where tasty (or so my pet mantis would said)

[Soilwar]

1:13 I don't quite get the anatomy of that thing. :D

[aronchai]

Did you read about how treehoppers' horns are actually derived from a third pair of wings? Crazy.

[StevenKellyBelly]

cool tune

[mrmyth5555]

Man I will never stop appreciating the simplicity and the advanced parts of nature

[maarakailet1]

Wow! They're kind of cute. :)

[MengoMango]

They are adorable! That last one that looks like a pile of ants is awesome.

[BahoUtot]

Ƣݔҩᾫ٨ӷ ͚͚͚̥̥͒θᵑᵜᵟᶺᶺƢݔҩᾫ٨ӷ ?

[aronchai]

What species is the last bug?

[Theboomyfly]

Nature is beautiful .

[newrez]

Haha. I lol'd at the end.

[BenderBurgers]

The one at 0.55 is cool.It looks like its trying to look like a small group of ants or something as camouflage

[whitezombie00]

Are they poisonous?

[THISISAVERYCOOLNAME]

you should totally have been playing reggae music for the 1st one!!!

[BankOFganja]

aweh , thats cute

[Monvayne]

pokebaII go ?

[trademark310]

You should bite that horsefly back, show it who's boss!

[vampireknightloverrr]

lol first one kinda looked like a thorn nice video

[00119922hi]

Does the bug at 0:55 have something on its back?

[dEsSiCaTa]

@00119922hi

That is its back :)

[TheMacronist]

@00119922hi I think this one simulates something like an Ant...

[XionixZTV]

@00119922hi nope its teh spikes

[luis6410]

awsome

[aaronx83]

Amazing, im costa rincan and i didnt knew most of those animals, great...sadly I dont live near Montezuma, it wouldve been nice to meet you

[xXAnthony619Xx]

Super cool, thanks for sharing bro ;).

[macypctutoriales]

What camera are you using?

[p00nedlol2]

Dam those horse flies!

[reapermachine]

haha thats epic

[roflchips1]

*first D:

[alanbchk]

@roflchips1 lmfao fail

[panzuman]

i have the strange urge to keep one as a pet

[roflchips1]

fisrt

[tichergeorge]

@roflchips1 life fail