Leafhopper by Mark Sturtevant, on FlickrTreehopper, Entylia carinata, attended by ants who are seeking to get some honeydew secretions from it. I struggle with identifying some ants, but these look like Prenolepis imparis, the false honeypot ant. They often collect lots of sugary liquids from Hemipterans, or fallen fruit, and their abdomens can become quite engorged -- like a honeypot.
The picture was heavily worked. There were so many ants, in constant motion, that I couldn't get a picture where the treehopper was mostly visible. So this picture is a composite of several pictures, blended together with layer masks to remove most of the ants and to show more of the treehopper. I believe I can also remove the ant in the upper left, and maybe I will one day get around to it.
TreeHopper attended by ants by Mark Sturtevant, on FlickrThread legged bug, Emesaya brevipennis. These large-ish walking stick-like predatory Hemipterans are incredibly leggy and weird. When sitting still, they eventually take on this pose where their mantis-like fore-legs are positioned as shown. They are actually a kind of assassin bug. I found this one at our porch light, and brought it in for staged pictures. This picture is stitched together from 3 different pictures of different areas.
Thread-legged bug by Mark Sturtevant, on FlickrThanks for looking!
