LEAFHOPPERS
Leafhoppers is considered one of the largest families of plant-feeding insects. There are more leafhopper species worldwide than all species of birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians combined. They feed by sucking the sap of plants with veins, and are found almost anywhere such plants occur, from tropical rainforests to arctic tundra. Leafhoppers have piercing, sucking mouthparts and have rows of hairs on their hind tibiae. They are found on stems and leaves of plants. Some believe there are more than 100,000 species of leafhoppers worldwide. Fossils dating from 125 million years ago have been discovered Enemies of the leafhoppers are:
They will communicate with each other the same way cicadas produce sound, tymbals at the base of the abdomen. Usually too soft to be heard by humans. Most harmful agricultural leafhoppers are:
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