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Crazy Beautiful: Gallery of Treehopper Helmet Designs
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Remy Melina
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White Stripe
(Image credit: Nicolas Gompel)
Treehoppers display an endless diversity of forms, most of which are conveyed by their bizzare helmets. These structures come in many different shapes, colors and sizes.
Incognito Insect
(Image credit: Nicolas Gompel)
A threatening, spiky black helmet makes this innocuous treehopper look somewhat like a European rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes nasicornis).
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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.