When they met

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Planthopper nymph and Horned Treehopper nymph

An interesting set of sightings along the branch of a plant, though the snow white planthopper nymph was the one that attracted our attention, the well camouflaged treehopper nymph was a surprise as we couldnt spot it until we observed it very closely. While the treehopper hardly moved, the planthopper nymph kept moving all along the branch to get away from our intrusive equipment, its during this moment that both of them came close to each other, yet the treehopper nymph hardly moved, almost going on with the frozen camouflage. It was interesting sighting to study the diverse behaviour of the two species.

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro + Raynox
F/18
Shutterspeed 1/160
ISO 400
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Nagla Trail

[Disha Parchani]

Interesting Story. Nice shot btw.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Interesting observation. Agree the Treehopper nymph is so beautifully camoufalged, its very difficult to spot. In the photograph the planthooper nymph is on the treehopper. Is there a chance that it might have not noticed the treehopper nymph? Just one point, I feel removing the space on the left after the stem would have strengthened the image further. Thanks for sharing.

[Roshni Patel]

Its really difficult to spot Treehopper nymph so beautifully camouflaged which you did wonderfully.