Daily Archives: October 26th, 2007

The Happy Hopper

I’ve been thinking about hauling records around with me ad infinitum (see earlier post), which made me think of the plant hoppers, or Fulgoroidea. Their youngsters sometimes cart around a surprising amount of wax:

The adults often carry around wax as well, and females in particular cover eggs with wax to protect them from dessication (and, [...]