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uncommon
Wax-tailed Planthopper
Pterodictya reticularis
- Habitat
- Tropical Central and South American rainforests
- Body length
- 30 mm
- Order
- Hemiptera · Fulgoridae
Weird but real
Its rear pumps out long curling threads of white wax that stream behind it like a bridal veil.
Why it's cool
A sap-sipping bug that grows its own fiber-optic ballgown of wax to baffle predators. Fashion as defense.
