Jouan & Rius / Two Lanternflies (Purops intricata) on rainforest tree, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Solvin Zankl / Lanternfly with wings open in defense display {Scamandra thetis} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Chris Mattison / Lantern bug / Lantern fly (Pyrops sp.). Endemic to Sukau, Sabah, Borneo.

Doug Wechsler / Citrus flatid planthopper (Metcalfa pruinosa) on Goldenrod (Solidago), Gwynedd Wildlife Preserve, Pennsylvania, USA, July.

John Cancalosi / Lantern Fly / Machaca (Fulgora lampetis) on twig. Santa Rosa National park tropical dry forest, Costa Rica.

John Cancalosi / Lantern Fly / Machaca (Fulgora lampetis) displaying eye-spots, used to startle potential predators. Santa Rosa National park tropical dry forest, Costa Rica.

John Cancalosi / Lantern Fly / Machaca (Fulgora lampetis) displaying eye-spots, used to startle potential predators. Santa Rosa National park tropical dry forest, Costa Rica.

John Abbott / Robber fly (Ommatius sp.) feeding on Acanaloniid planthopper, Neches River, Texas, USA, June

Andy Sands / Froghopper (Issus coleoptratus) on Oak leaf, UK, Captive, July

Jouan & Rius / Lanternfly / Fulgora (Pyrops intricata) on rainforest tree trunk, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Jouan & Rius / Lanternfly / Fulgora (Pyrops intricata) on rainforest tree trunk, Borneo, Sarawak, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Lantern bug (Pyrops intricata) Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Edwin Giesbers / Lantern bug (Pyrops intricata) Gunung Gading National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Tim Laman / Fulgorid planthopper (family Fulgoroidea) nymph with body covered in secreted white waxy filaments, to conceal it. Borneo, South east Asia

Tim Laman / Plant hopper nymph (superfamily Fulgoroidea) with a false "tail" formed of waxy residue of sugars discharged after the hopper extracts nutrients from sap. The filaments will break away if a bird tries...

Stephen Dalton / Tropical planthopper (Fulgoroidea) at rest on tree trunk, showing brightly coloured hindwings

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) defense display showing eye spots on hind wings, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Claudio Contreras / Peanut-head bug (Fulgora laternaria) El Cielo Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, northeast Mexico, August

Juan Carlos Munoz / Lantern fly {Fulgora sp} Mount Kinabalu NP, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Tony Heald / Chinese Lantern Bug {Fulgora sp} on tree trunk, Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo, September

Doug Wechsler / Planthopper {Enchophora sp} Ecuador

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanut / Peanuthead bug {Fulgora laternaria} on the trunk of its host tree with wings open in defensive 'startle display', Tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Lanternfly (Pyrops sp) on a tree in rainforest, Malaysia

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanuthead bug (Laternaria / Fulgora laternaria) well camouflaged on the trunk of its host tree in tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Lanternfly (Pyrops pythica incerta) on a tree in rainforest, Sumatra, Indonesia

PREMAPHOTOS / Derbid bug (Mysidia sp) with wings extended in rainforest, Trinidad

PREMAPHOTOS / Lantern-fly bug (Cathedra serrata) displaying defensive eye-spots when disturbed, on a tree in rainforest, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Bug (Biolleyana sp) in rainforest, Costa Rica

Nature Production / Peanut-head Bug / Lantern fly {Fulgora / Laternaria laternaria) defense display showing its eye spots on hind wings, Costa Rica

Nature Production / Peanuthead Bug / Lantern fly {Fulgora / Laternaria laternaria} Brazil

Nature Production / Peanuthead Bug / Lantern fly {Fulgora / Laternaria laternaria} Brazil

Nick Gordon / {Camponotus sp} ant tending to Planthoppers feeding off sap of {Mollia sp} tree, ants feed on the planthoppers' excretion and protect their tree from predators, Amazonia, Brazil

Doug Wechsler / Reticulated planthoppers (Pterodictya reticularis) on Zanthoxylon, Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Reticulated planthoppers (Pterodictya reticularis) on (Zanthoxylon) at night, Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Peanuthead bug on tree trunk (Fulgora latenaria) Tambopata Reserve, Peru

Pete Oxford / Lantern fly on tree trunk (Fulgoridae) Amazonia, Ecuador

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Lantern bug pair (Fulgoridae) Sabah, Borneo

Doug Wechsler / Reticulated planthopper (Pterodictya reticularis) Rio Napo, Amazonia, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Planthopper (Lystra sp) Amazonia, Ecuador

PREMAPHOTOS / Peanuthead bugs (Fulgora laternaria) one camouflaged, the other with wings open in defensive 'startle display', on host tree in tropical dry forest, Costa Rica

PREMAPHOTOS / Portrait of head of Peanuthead bug (Fulgora laternaria) Trinidad

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Lanternbug / Lantern fly {Fulgora sp} Poring Hot Springs, Sabah, Malaysia.

Nick Garbutt / Chinese Lantern Bug {Fulgora sp.} riverine forest, Kinanatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo.

Nick Garbutt / Giant Lantern Bug {Fulgora sp.} in riverine forest. Kinanatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo.

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Peanuthead lantern bug spreads wings to show warning eyes {Fulgora lanternaria} Brazil

Pete Oxford / Peanuthead lantern bug {Fulgora laternaria} Amazonia, Ecuador

Nick Garbutt / Chinese lantern fly {Fulgora sp} Kinabatangan river, Sabah, Borneo.

Kim Taylor / Lantern fly (Rentinus / Eurystheus dilatatus) Western Australia.

Solvin Zankl / Lanternfly {Scamandra thetis} Sulawesi, Indonesia

Solvin Zankl / Lantern fly {Fulgoridae} Amazonia, Brazil

PREMAPHOTOS / Lantern fly camouflaged on bark of rainforest tree {Cathedra serrata} Brazil

Nature Production / Brown Planthopper {Nilaparvata lugens} on a rice plant, Japan

Nature Production / White Backed Planthopper {Sogatella furcifera} on a rice plant, Japan

Nature Production / Planthopper {Nisia nervosa} on a rice plant, Japan