What I have been trying to figure out, unsuccessfully, is what is going on here.
The planthopper Enchophora stillifera with unidentified black planthoppers
This is curious. First, there were two or three of the green planthoppers and about a dozen of the black ones on the tree trunk (a natural habitat for such things). But what are the black ones? The only other citations of these black ones I can find list them as "unidentified." And, since these types of insects can secrete a wax from their rears, is the black one attempting to acquire some wax or is this just an accidental position. I once read something about cockroaches stealing wax this way, but can't find that reference right now either. So just an interesting mystery photo for now.
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