Treehoppers Are Strange Creatures

Membracids, related to cicadas, are in the class Insecta, the order Hemiptera (“true bugs”) and the family Membracidae. Like aphids, which are also “true bugs,” adult and immature treehoppers feed on plant sap....but wtf is that on their heads??According to Biologists, "the hollow globes & spines, probably deter predators. It would be hard to grab, much less chow down on, a beast with all those

Iori Tomita Transparent Specimen Art

Iori Tomita uses a special technique where he turns the bodies of marine organisms translucent. He then injects dyes into their skeletons to produce these incredibly dramatic and educational biological specimens...[VIA]