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  • Lantern Bug (Pyrops candelarius) from Indochina.  Like other planthoppers, this insect feeds on tree sap by means of its piercing mouthparts.  The name refers to the erroneous belief that the snout-like projection emits light. Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam.
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  • Sap-feeding bugs such as this lanternfly (Pyrops whiteheadi) ingest large quantities of the nutrient-poor fluid, excreting the excess in the form of honeydew. Here a gecko (Gehyra mutilata) waits below the insect for an opportunistic meal of the sweet fluid. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops hobbyi). Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops cultellatus). Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Camouflaged fulgorid planthopper (Episcius sp.). Esmeraldas, Ecuador.
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops heringi), displaying its brightly colored hind wings when disturbed in an attempt to startle predators. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Few things exemplify the incredible complexity of rainforest ecosystems more than that of mutualisms between species. Here, a group of Giant Forest Ants (Dinomyrmex gigas) tend to a pair of lanternflies (Pyrops cultellatus), a relationship that has a net benefit for both species. The lanternflies, feeding directly from the phloem of the tree with their piercing straw-like mouthparts, harvest much more sugar-rich fluid than they actually need; the excess being excreted intermittently as a squirt of honeydew droplets from their abdomen. The ants position themselves directly behind and below the lanternflies and intercept these droplets with their heads, then consume the fluid and share it with their nestmates. In return, the ants guard the lanternflies and will ferociously attack any potential threat. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Wax-tailed Planthopper (Pterodictya reticularis). The waxy filaments may serve to mimic an insect that has been keeled by parasitoid fungi, and thus dispel a predator's interest. Yasuní National Park, Ecuador.
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  • Four-clawed Gecko (Gehyra mutilata) attending a lanternfly (Pyrops whiteheadi) for secreted honeydew. Host tree is Pometia pinnata. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Saiva transversolineata). Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops sidereus), a rare species endemic to northern Borneo, here feeding on the sap of Garcinia sp. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops intricatus) on Pometia pinnata tree. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Camouflaged fulgorid planthopper (Diareusa sp.). Mashpi Amagusa Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador.
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops heringi). Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Scamandra rosea saturata). Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • A pair of blue fulgorid lanternflies (Pyrops maculatus) feed off the phloem of a tree in the lowland rainforest of Sinharaja National Park, Sri Lanka.
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  • Lanternfly (Saiva transversolineata). Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Lanternfly (Pyrops gunjii). East Kalimantan, Indonesia (Borneo).
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  • Giant Forest Ants (Dinomyrmex gigas) tending to fulgorid planthoppers (Scamandra polychroma) for honeydew secretions. Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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  • Sometimes gregarious while feeding on the sap of trees, the whitish color of these lanternflies (Pyrops sultanus) is a waxy substance which serves to protect them from parasites, mildew, and predators. Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo).
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