Planthoppers are insects in the suborder
Auchenorrhyncha. This photograph shows three adult
Phromnia rosea planthoppers on a stem, with three
nymphs underneath; the adults fold their wings in a tent-like fashion, while the nymphs are clad in a dense tangle of white wax threads. Both the adults and the nymphs feed by sucking sap from the
host plant.
Photograph credit: Charles James Sharp