Crazy Beautiful: Gallery of Treehopper Helmet Designs

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White Stripe

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(Image credit: Nicolas Gompel)

Incognito Insect

treehopper

(Image credit: Nicolas Gompel)

A threatening, spiky black helmet makes this innocuous treehopper look somewhat like a European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis).

Remy Melina
Remy Melina was a staff writer for Live Science from 2010 to 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Hofstra University where she graduated with honors.