http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/ Incredible footage of a gecko getting an insect to feed it honeydew.

This video shows the "catch and flick" mechanism in operation as the leafhopper flicks a drop of honeydew away from the camera. Species = Graphocephala fennahi. For up-close image of flicking mechanism please see my macro photos at: http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3369

PLEASE READ: Closely watch the tail of the hopper on the right. It will squirt a drop of honeydew every few seconds. Species = Graphocephala fennahi. For up-close image of squirting mechanism please see my macro photos at: http://www.photomacrography2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3369

Red banded leafhoppers drip a sugary substance called honeydew. The ants love this and will protect the leafhopper. The dripping sounds you hear were found on 'freesound'. I wish I could record the real sounds of this beautiful creature but I don't have a micro mic...I'm looking into it though...

Red-banded leaf hopper! My favorite insect:) They have finally appeared for the first time this spring and are looking for love:)

When I was walking my dogs I saw this curious fellow on the outside of my apartment door. My best guess is that he's a leafhopper, a very common insect in the area, but specific info would be appreciated. The first video is from the outside, the second from the inside. I was squatting AND holding my dogs while shooting, which explains the sudden jerks now and again.

The Bold Spider is Hunting the Leaf Hopper. You can see the Bold Spider in the crack of the picnic table. Watch the Leaf Hopper closely around 124 seconds of the film.

When I was walking my dogs I saw this curious fellow on the outside of my apartment door. My best guess is that he's a leafhopper, a very common insect in the area, but specific info would be appreciated. The first video is from the outside, the second from the inside. I was squatting AND holding my dogs while shooting, which explains the sudden jerks now and again.

Some bugs I've encountered recently. With one of my favorite songs.

immature leafhopper

a leafhopper squirting honeydew from it's behind

The whitebanded elm leafhopper has arrived at Penn State. The only problem is when this insect comes to town the local elm tree population declines. Listen to what Penn State officials are attempting to combat the problem.

A quick look around a garden

These flies are everywhere and they make me very happy:) They come in metallic green, blue, and copper colors. They feed on very small insects and have also been observed sucking up some honeydew from their leafhopper friends! The honeydew gives them their carbohydrates:)) Some adults have elongated mouthparts and are known to suck up some nectar! Music from creative commons channel 'ccmixter'. Artist is 'ljova'. Song called 'Heat me up-bow phrase'. http://ccmixter.org/files/ljova/8446 The rocket sound effects taken from freesound:) http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=32984

林道横で水平円網（実際は斜め）を張り、網に掛かった獲物（フタテンオオヨコバイ）をラッピング中のクモを発見（体長6mm）。エゾウズグモ成体♀と教えてもらいました。第一脚のみで網にぶらさがり、第二、三脚で獲物の包みを押さえ、糸疣から引き出した糸でラッピングするのは第四脚。スロー再生でも動きが速過ぎてよく分からないが、一度に複数本の糸を吐いているようです。それにしても、獲物は既に身動き取れなくなっているのに過剰包装じゃないの？ ♪糸巻き巻き、糸巻き巻き、引いて引いてトントントン 追記：ウズグモ類の張る水平円網の特徴として、横糸に粘着球が無く、篩板から吐く特殊な梳糸が使われている。篩板類に属するクモは梳糸をすくために第4脚に毛櫛を持つ（feather-legged ）。またウズグモ類は毒腺が退化しているので獲物に噛み付かず、糸の投げかけと絡め捕りだけで攻撃する。（参考図書：『スパイダー・ウォーズ』新草出版） Adult female of the feather-legged spider (Uloboridae family), Octonoba yesoensis, hanging under the horizontal orb web. She was wrapping a leafhopper (Epiacanthus stramineus) with silk strands. The prey was completely immobilized. The last two minutes in this footage shows 20% slow-motion. In the opening slideshow, you can note her characteristic decorated web called stabilimentum on the central orb. Recorded on early-July, 2007 in Japan. Music : Teknostep - I Think Part Time I Feel Full Time

While looking for the elusive 'white' leaf hopper I came across this cute bug. I noticed he/she has very red lips!

Mariah and me trying to catch Spencer the leaf hopper

Don't underestimate the gentle leafhopper.

Part two when Mariah and I finally caught Spencer the leaf hopper.

Concerto Trio Scafroglia al festival Onda su Onda di San Vincenzo

This field spider decided to make its home on a road sign. I believe its meal was a leaf hopper.

http://www.funnyanimalsvideo.org brings you weirdest bug moving around. Made exclusive for http://www.funnyanimalsvideo.org by http://www.clipspromo.com a video making service. BUGS: Hemiptera is an order of insects, comprising around 80,000 species of cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and others, collectively known as the true bugs. They range in size from 1 mm to around 15 cm, and share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts

Debo from the Leafhoppers playing the Hammered Dulcimer at Framer's Market in Corvallis, Or. The song is called Red Mustang. If you like it visit their webpage: http://www.myspace.com/leafhoppers

Male Macropsis fumipennis leafhoppers. These males are searching and signaling in response to playback of a male interacting with a female. The playback is very faint in the background

Cicadas live in temperate to tropical climates where they are one of the most widely recognized of all insects, mainly due to their large size and remarkable (and often inescapable) acoustic talents. Cicadas are sometimes called "locusts", although they are unrelated to true locusts, which are a kind of grasshopper. Cicadas are related to leafhoppers and spittlebugs. This video is The last few months of a Cicadas life: Climbing to the tree tops before they mate. Most of the North American species are in the genus Tibicen - the annual or dog-day cicadas (named after the "Dog Days" because they emerge in late July and August). The best-known North-American genus is Magicicada, however. These periodical cicadas have an extremely long life cycle of 13 or 17 years and emerge in large numbers only to climb to the top of the trees they have been living under. They survive by sucking on the roots of these tress for nourishment.