Talk:Planthopper

Do insect flowers exist or don't they?
WP has several articles that describe things without clearly stating whether those things actually exist. The 2013 version of this article was one of the worst of this category. It described "coral-colored flowers" actually composed of "flatid insects" occurring in three fictional settings, but not one word was said as to the truth of this phenomenon, and there was no reference given. The entire Trivia section that contained this claim has since been deleted. David Spector (talk) 17:59, 2 September 2013 (UTC), updated: David Spector (talk) 16:04, 29 January 2021 (UTC)


 * This phenomenon is genuine, and has appeared in numerous scholarly works, including Wolfgang Wickler's classic text on mimicry. You can also find photographs documenting it, like this one. It may have been deleted here not because it was untrue, but because it referred only to species in the family Flatidae. Dyanega (talk) 22:30, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

In Social Media
Due to its appearance, Planthoppers has caught the eye of many social website mostly because of the wax fibers that form to protect it from predators by fooling hungry predators into attacking the wrong part of the insect. Users of these websites (Reddit, 4chan, etc) have creatively come up with many alternative names for these insect mainly for that feature.

Many of these alternative names relate directly to its appearance such as:
 * The South American Optical Fiber Nymph
 * Glitter Butt
 * T. culus fulgescens
 * Sparkle Butt
 * The Feather Farter
 * Confettibutt
 * The fiber optic cricket
 * Buttuckus Parti Favorus
 * Don King Beetle
 * Fiber Opticus Crickioticus
 * Bandwidth beetle
 * Nopeus Fuckthatimus

Fulgoromorpha or Fulgoroidea
Both the infraordo, Fulgoromorpha, and the superfamilia, Fulgoroidea, redirect to this page. Which is correct? Are there Fulgoromorpha that are not Fulgoroidea? Where do the Tettigometridae fit in? --Bejnar (talk) 10:54, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:11, 1 May 2016 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 3 one external links on Planthopper. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120402182523/http://www.kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej15-2006/ent15_3%20315_322%20Shcherbakov.pdf to http://www.kmk.entomology.ru/pdf/rej15-2006/ent15_3%20315_322%20Shcherbakov.pdf
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20101206035054/http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe88p464.pdf to http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe88p464.pdf
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110516231023/http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/Extracts/FNZ63/FNZ63ind.asp to http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/faunaofnz/Extracts/FNZ63/FNZ63ind.asp

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 10:22, 30 December 2016 (UTC)

File:Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs (Phromnia rosea).jpg scheduled for POTD
Hello! This is to let editors know that the featured picture File:Flatid leaf bugs and nymphs (Phromnia rosea).jpg, which is used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for February 19, 2021. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2021-02-19. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! Cwmhiraeth (talk) 14:00, 29 January 2021 (UTC)