True bugs, of the order Hemiptera, have for too long been seen as pests. It is time to set the record straight.
A froghopper. Froghoppers get their names because of their ability to jump quite high.
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Sycanus species, a true bug, feeding off a moth with the "needle".
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A cicada named Comb scraper (Dundubia annandalei), from the Pakke Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.
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A cicada of the Terpnosia species from the Pakke Tiger Reserve.
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A cicada from Gudalur showing the timbals. Cicadas use them to produce sound.
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Forest bell cicada (Dundubia hastata), Balpakram National Park, Garo Hills, Arunachal Pradesh.
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The cicada named Gaeana atkinsoni, from Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
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Pond skaters. They stay on that thin layer of the water surface where air meets water.
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The pond skater’s legs. It uses the middle pair of its three pairs of legs as paddles to “row”.
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Backswimmer, one of the pond skater’s predators.
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A planthopper of the Eurybrachys species with nymph. The name suggests that they hop, which they do, but generally they prefer to walk slowly on plants.
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Leafhopper (Destinoides latifrons).
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The Cosmoscarta dorsimaculata froghopper.
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A treehopper.
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A treehopper of the Oxyrachis species.
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A leaf-footed bug of the Homeocerus species.
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Ant (Camponotus compressus)-Treehopper (Leptocentrus-Oxyrachis sp.) mutualism. The treehoppers provide the ants with sweet honey in return for protection.
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A froghopper of the Cosmoscarta species.
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Edible bug: Antilochus species.
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An edible bug: Nezara viridula var torquata.
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An edible bug: Pentotomid bug, called Rishu in the north-eastern region.
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A planthopper of the Nogodinidae family.
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Moth bug, Ricanidae family. It is a type of planthopper that looks like a moth.
