On our planet you can find such amazing insects, the existence of which we know nothing. One of these representatives is the Brazilian humpback, which has an extremely unusual body structure and color. This appearance serves her excellent disguise in the wild.
Appearance
The closest relatives of the Brazilian hunchback are familiar to all cicada. Their species inhabited almost the whole world, except the territory of the Antarctic. At the moment, there are about 3200 types of insects of this species.
Their difference lies in small sizes and nonstandard forms. The name “humpbacked” was formed due to irregularities on the back. The processes located on the body of the humpbackets can take completely different forms, in particular, humps, spikes, ball, comb, etc.D. All these irregularities are modified wings.
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Also, Brazilian humpbacks are quite small in size insects, their body length rarely reaches 2 centimeters. Thanks to these specific growths, the insect easily scares away potential enemies. The fact that males and females of the same species can have different forms of their processes is noteworthy.
Habitat
The most specific hunchbacks settled the territory of South America. They live mainly in tropical forests. Simple types of these representatives are found almost everywhere. Many insects are located on plants, as well as in the crowns of trees. The favorite place is the edges and clearings. But most often their life cycle proceeds on wood crowns.
Behavior
Despite the frightening appearance, some predators may encroach on the Brazilian humpbacket. If the insect feels danger, it begins to actively secrete a special secret. This secret is an alarm for adult insects. Smel away the smell, the Brazilian hunchback is trying to push his offender with the help of his bizarre growths. Ants often come to the aid of humpbaccents, which protect them from possible attacks by other insects.
Almost all of their time Brazilian humpbaches is engaged in eating plant juices. Brazilian humpbaches also know how to fly, but it turns out quite badly. As a rule, they make flights by just a few meters.
Office
Females of the Brazilian humpbacket lay their eggs on the bark of trees or leaves of various plants. Their larvae are very similar to adults, like other representatives of cicades. The difference is that they are quite small and have no wings.
The lifestyle itself is practically no different from adult Brazilian humpbackets. The main difference is that the larvae are kept in more heap groups. It is also noteworthy that the Brazilian humpbacks are quite small, compared to the types of the family of real cicades. Therefore, Brazilian humpbaches do not cause much harm to plants tropic.
