choppers

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Theories on why leafhoppers coat themselves with a brochosome armor have ranged from keeping them free of contaminants and water to a superhero-like invisibility cloak.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

Still others had noted candy-stripers using no web at all while nabbing nimble leafhoppers.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2023

Dr Helden said it is from an "incredibly rare" group of leafhoppers, whose "biology remains almost completely unknown".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2022

They’re now the most widely used pesticides in the world, effective against aphids and leafhoppers and a wide range of worms, beetles, and borers.

From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2021

If one plants rice too early it will grow too quickly, and one is sure to be visited by blight, leafhoppers, and blow-downs.

From Down with the Cities by Nakashima, Tadashi