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Treehoppers are insects that live on trees and are good at jumping. They are also known for the incredibly weird shapes that come out of their backs that make them look like everything from tree thorns to tiny helicopters. Some of these adaptations might be for a very special kind of almost-metaphysical sensory perception.
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animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/stick-insect
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)00754-2
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flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/46302507365
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doi.org/10.1242/jeb.078741
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karubianlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Wettereretal2000-Diet-shifts-in-tree-hopper-tending-by-wasps-and-ants-in-Costa-Rica.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982208007409
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.220.4596.532
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archive.org/details/generainsectorum208209wytsuoft/page/n20/mode/1up
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nature.com/articles/s41559-019-1054-4
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popsci.com/natural-selection-doesnt-tell-whole-story
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505253122
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12804
nature.com/articles/2121232b0
sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/ampullae-of-lorenzini
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pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2322674121
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bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dz93g
wildcolumbia.org/wildlife-guide/insects-of-northwest-oregon/treehoppers-leafhoppers-spittlebugs-planthoppers
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930150215378
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Images:
Thumb images: inaturalist.org/observations/137114775
youtu.be/UV_aE2s1RfQ?si=WhWHWfRfPeu7clot
docs.google.com/document/d/1yi65YNvEVLXCdn5qRE66iLlcZG7kMHbVjDb_bRt5OoY/edit?tab=t.0
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Treehoppers are insects that live on trees and are good at jumping. They are also known for the incredibly weird shapes that come out of their backs that make them look like everything from tree thorns to tiny helicopters. Some of these adaptations might be for a very special kind of almost-metaphysical sensory perception.
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This month's pin is designed by Lucyola Langi. You can find out more about her and her work here: lucyola.myportfolio.com/home
You can cancel any time by emailing hello@dftba.com
Wondering if we used AI to create graphics (or thumbnails or scripts!) for this video? Nope! Every Complexly video is lovingly, painstakingly human-made.
Find the full Ant Lab video here! youtube.com/watch?v=8PW-0r4Fj4Y
Follow us on socials:
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#BizarreBeasts #treehoppers
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Sources:
animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/stick-insect
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)00754-2
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/creatura-with-bec-crew/2017/11/the-creatonotos-gangis-is-one-of-australias-strangest-insects/?passthrough=true
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Umbonia_crassicornis_(F._Membracidae)_(2532975946).jpg
flickr.com/photos/andreaskay/46302507365
thesmallermajority.com/2014/11/01/treehoppers
https://nhmu.utah.edu/articles/strange-and-mysterious-insect-was-found-museum-collections-first
https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthropoda/uniramia/hemiptera.html
https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/digital/metcalf/treehoppers.html
doi.org/10.1242/jeb.078741
https://www.si.edu/stories/beautiful-and-bizarre-treehopper
treehoppers.insectmuseum.org/public/site/treehoppers/home
karubianlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Wettereretal2000-Diet-shifts-in-tree-hopper-tending-by-wasps-and-ants-in-Costa-Rica.pdf
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982208007409
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.220.4596.532
communities.springernature.com/posts/treehopper-helmets-wing-network-genes-and-characterizing-evolutionary-novelty
archive.org/details/generainsectorum208209wytsuoft/page/n20/mode/1up
link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40851-020-00155-7
inaturalist.org/taxa/915822-Heteronotus-nigrogiganteus/browse_photos
nature.com/articles/s41559-019-1054-4
doi.org/10.14411/EJE.2025.005
sicb.org/abstracts/sources-of-treehopper-pronotal-variability-an-exploration-of-evolutionary-potential-in-entylia-carinata
popsci.com/natural-selection-doesnt-tell-whole-story
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2505253122
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/brv.12804
nature.com/articles/2121232b0
sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/ampullae-of-lorenzini
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00359-017-1176-6
pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2322674121
link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11829-016-9427-y
bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00dz93g
wildcolumbia.org/wildlife-guide/insects-of-northwest-oregon/treehoppers-leafhoppers-spittlebugs-planthoppers
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930150215378
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Images:
Thumb images: inaturalist.org/observations/137114775
youtu.be/UV_aE2s1RfQ?si=WhWHWfRfPeu7clot
docs.google.com/document/d/1yi65YNvEVLXCdn5qRE66iLlcZG7kMHbVjDb_bRt5OoY/edit?tab=t.0
