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Hidden jewels of the rainforest: leafhoppers Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com January 06, 2010  Costa Rica Over the past couple of years I have unintentionally encountered an incredible diversity of leafhoppers, small insects that most people probably don't notice despite their incredible coloration. Beyond their diversity, what has been so surprising to me is the similarities between leafhoppers in different parts of the world. For example:  Andasibe (Madagascar)  Suriname  Nosy Mangabe (Madagascar)  Sumatra (Indonesia)  Ranomafana (Madagascar) But while leadhoppers can be beautiful, they are no friend to plants. These sap-sucking bugs can transmit deadly pathogens to plants and wreak havoc in low-diversity agricultural landscapes. Here are some other leafhoppers (and maybe some planthoppers) from recent travels. I've only posted ones with similar body form — there are more than 20,000 species of leafhoppers described to date. Leafhoppers aren't limited to rainforests. They are found all over the world — in the tropics as well as temperate zones. I don't know anything about these particular insects other then where I photographed them.  Suriname  Brazil  Madagascar  Madagascar  Suriname  Madagascar  Costa Rica  Sumatra (Indonesia)  Costa Rica  Brazil  Suriname  Sumatra (Indonesia)  Madagascar  Madagascar  Madagascar  Madagascar SHARE THIS ARTICLE:
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