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Umbonia Crassicornis

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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Umbonia Crassicornis

The thorn insect
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Known popularly as "the thorn insect", looks exactly like the thorn of some plants to blend in and survive.

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This hemiptero has a size of between 12 and 16 millimeters.

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Its color ranges from yellow to green with six red lines.

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It feeds on the sap of plants

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In terms of reproduction, females lay their eggs inside the new branches of trees and remain with them until they hatch .

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The Umbonia can be found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guiana, Suriname, Peru and Brazil.

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