We are Only Animals, After All. (Hipstamatic Contest Entry)
Image by gogoloopie
Nymphs of Madagascan Flatid Leaf-Bug - Spiny Forest, Ifaty, Madagascar
Image by David d'O
7 August 2008 - Spiny Forest, Renalia Project, Ifaty, Madagascar.
Nymphs of the Madagascan Flatid Leaf-bug (Phromnia rosea).
These nymphs excrete a sort of white waxy substance which 'grows' from the animal like long wipsy feathers. If a bird of other predator makes a grab for one of these insects it gets a beakful of white nothing, and the animal hops away.
For those who like the biological details:
Click a link and you'll go to the Flickr photo page for that rank in the biological classification.
Phylum: Arthropoda; Arthropods / Geleedpotigen
Class: Insecta; Insects / Insekten
Order: Hemiptera; True Bugs / Halfvleugeligen of Snavelvleugeligen
Suborder: Fulgoromorpha; Planthoppers / Lantaarndragerachtigen
Family: Flatidae; Flatid Planthoppers / ??
Genus: Phromnia; Flatid Leaf-bugs/ ??
Species: Phromnia rosea; Madagascan Flatid Leaf-bug / ??
Read the blog about these bugs: wildlifespotting.blogspot.com/2010/09/madagascar-day-14-w...
Three Stooges - #99/100 Threes
Image by KaleidoscopePhotos
100 Pictures Group - #99/100 Threes
Learning Digital Photography - March contest entry - Theme: Animals
3 brown pelican's perched on a pipeline in the Intracoastal waterway at Sargent Beach.
Majestic-ish Deer
Image by Great Beyond
You'd think that a skittish, wild animal would stay more than - oh, say four feet away from a predator? Yeah, me too.
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