Those singular shapes, insect anatomists explain, stem from the treehopper’s specially modified pronotum—a section of the thorax that in other insects resembles a small, shield-like plate.
Inside a laboratory at Tucker Hall at the University of Missouri, Rex Cocroft adjusts his headphones, fine-tuning a device ...
Treehoppers range in size from roughly that of a £1 coin, or quarter dollar (like the C-shaped treehopper in the photograph at the start of this article), to ones that are so tiny they can sit on ...