This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have a clear shot at first place.

Treehoppers, precisely typical treehoppers, are part of the Membracidae family. These insects are related to leafhoppers and cicadas and can be found worldwide except in Antarctica. Their enlarged ...

one of the most biodiverse places on the planet That's where photographer Javier Aznar Gonzalez de Rueda, cameraman Howard Bourne, and I came to search for the treehoppers. We were armed to the ...