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[Prajwal J Ullal]

Spotted this beauty along a low lying plant. It was surrounded by red ants and had a parasite on it. The beauty seemed a bit too weathered and hardly moved

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/10
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
Handheld, Inbuilt flash fired

Location: Hubli, Karnataka

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

A planthopper, probably from the family Flatiidae. Seems to have a bad fungal infection. What were the ants doing?

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Got the ID as Eurybrachys tomentosa, family Eurybrachidae
The ants seemed to go close to it and go back, regularly

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Yes, agree with the ID. My bad.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Interesting. Focus is close to the ant on the lower right. Is it a large crop?

[Prajwal J Ullal]

Its a mild crop,