Magicicada periodical cicada.

Allerton Park, Illinois, USA
A tropical fulgorid plant hopper (Fulgoridae).

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador
A winter ant (Prenolepis imparis) tends apple aphids for their honeydew.

Savoy, Illinois, USA
Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Brochymena sp. stink bug (Pentatomidae)

Tucson, Arizona, USA
Arilus cristatus (Reduviidae) wheel bug nymph and hatching egg cluster.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A eucalyptus lerp psyllid (Glycaspis) is revealed by removing its protective waxy tent.

Victoria, Australia
Worker and soldier Reticulitermes subterranean termites.

California, USA
Reticulitermes subterranean termites of different ages.

California, USA
Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Graphocephala coccinea, the candy-striped leafhopper (Cicadellidae). This insect has sunk its beak-like mouthparts into a plant vein to suck up the juices.

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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