Igor Siwanowicz's image of planthopper nymph gears won 9th place in the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition. Photo courtesy of Igor Siwanowicz, HHMI Janelia Research Campus, ...

The Rural Development Administration (RDA) is transitioning from conventional "post-outbreak control" to a "preemptive ...

This cave planthopper species new to science is only the second dwelling exclusively in the subterranean depths of Brazil from its family. Surviving without seeing the light of the day at any point of ...

Each year, rice in Asia faces a big threat from a sesame seed-sized insect called the brown planthopper. Now, a study reveals the molecular switch that enables some planthoppers to develop short wings ...

A jumping insect has gears, scientists discovered, a rare instance in which man and nature independently converged on the same idea. It was not easy to verify. The planthopper (Issus coleoptratus) is ...

Planthopper bugs may be small, but they attract mates from afar by sending vibrational calls along plant stems and leaves using fast, rhythmic motions of their abdomen. In a new study publishing March ...

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