Name: Fulgora lanternaria, female - Peanuthead

Location: Peru

 

This planthopper is known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly and peanut bug.

 

They can reach a length of 8-9 cm (3.3–3.5 in), with a wingspan up to 10-15 cm(4-6 in). This insect has a protuberance at its head as long as 1-2 cm (0.39–0.59 in), looking like a peanut and showing false eyes to resemble that of a lizard or a serpent. When attacked it protects itself by displaying large, yellow, frightening fake eyes on its hind wings and releasing a nasty smelling substance. Adults feed on the sap of plants

 

Price: $63.95

Framed: 10" x 8", Oak

Name: Phrictus buchei and Fulgora lanternaria

Location: Neotropical

 

The family Fulgoridae is a large group of insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics. They are mostly of moderate to large size, with brilliant and varied coloration. They are sometimes referred to as lanternflies, though they do not emit light.

 

The head of some species resembles a snout, which is sometimes inflated, becoming nearly as large as the body of the insect.

 

Price: $79.95

Framed: 7.5" x 10.5", Oak

Name: Set of 4 Leafhoppers & Lanternflies - Fulgoriidae

Location: Indonesia

 

The Fulgoridae of insects include more than 1,000 described species that are distributed around the world, with the highest diversity occurring in the tropics.

 

These insects are exclusively sap-feeding herbivores, and can cause damage to their host-plants.

The insects harbor within their digestive system multiple species of bacteria that provide to the insects essential nutrients that are not available in the insects’ plant-sap diet.

 

Price: $69.95

Framed: 6.25" x 14", Oak

Name: Set of 5 Leafhoppers & Lanternflies - Fulgoriidae

Location: Indonesia

 

It generally follows that species of the lanternflies have elongated head capsules whereas species of the leafhoppers have normally sized head capsules.

Feeding is accomplished by puncturing the host food plant with a tube like structure that lies between the first and second set of legs. As this group of insects has no chewing mouthparts it relies on the internal pressure of the plant to force its juices into the insect.

During life, many species exude long strands of a waxy substance from their abdomens. It offers some protection from predators as it is distasteful and an irritant to mucous membranes.

 

Price: $79.95

Framed: 6.25" x 14", Oak

Name: Set of 9 Leafhoppers & Lanternflies - Fulgoriidae

Location: Indonesia

 

Species of different planthopper families act as pests of agricultural crops throughout the world. Planthoppers damage plants by ovipositing in plant tissues and by feeding on the phloem.

 

These diseases cause serious damage on a great variety of economically important plantations.

 

The rice crop in Asia which feeds 60% of the world, population is particularly damaged by the Nilaparvata lugens (the rice brown planthopper) which is considered the most destructive pest of rice in Asia.

 

Price: $139.95

Framed: 12" x 12", Oak