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