Keeled treehopper
The keeled treehopper is a tiny brown bug with a funny bump on its back shaped like a saddle. It sits on plants and drinks their juice. Ants love it and keep it safe.
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Fun facts
Ants drink the sweet honeydew it makes, and in return they guard it from enemies.
The mother stays with her eggs and protects them.
Sometimes the eggs make a leaf fold over, which gives the babies a safe little tent.
The males can look so different from the females that people mix them up with other bugs.
Helpful bacteria inside its body give it nutrients that plant sap does not have.
Most asked questions about Keeled treehopper
?Why do ants follow treehoppers?
The treehopper makes sweet honeydew that ants love. The ants protect it in return.
?Is the keeled treehopper a pest?
No. It is not known to harm plants much or spread plant diseases.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Entylia carinata
- Group
- True bugs and cicadas
- Family
- Membracidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hemiptera > Membracidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Entylia carinata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Zygy. CC0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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