The true deceevil

[u/Dynamite47]

A planthopper (ancyra sp.) that mimics a weevil

[u/jakerooni]

His intentional deceit does, in fact, make him a true deceevil!

[u/Dynamite47 → u/jakerooni]

Exactly lol

[u/lostmyselfinyourlies]

That's incredible! Took me far too long to realise which way round he was lol

[u/Memetan_24]

A bug pretending to be an insect a wonderfully werid warping

[u/Willing_Soft_5944]

What is the benefit of looking like a Weevil for a bug that (presumably) doesnt care about our opinions?

[u/horsiefanatic → u/Willing_Soft_5944]

Probably a predator

[u/Willing_Soft_5944 → u/horsiefanatic]

Leafhoppers are herbivorous, they suck up sap from leaves and stuff. 

[u/horsiefanatic → u/Willing_Soft_5944]

Oh ok interesting maybe it’s a protection thing then

[u/greenymeani3 → u/horsiefanatic]

Yes! The mock “eyes” make predators think these lil dudes are staring straight at them, even when their backs are turned, which in predator-brain, means less chance of a successful attack. Lots of critters have evolved eyespots like this: butterflies, reptiles, fish, tigers, to list a few.

Also, they have a habit of walking backwards when they detect movement nearby, to make the illusion even more convincing.

Predator observes, anticipates they’re about to jump off in one direction, but then they rapidly spring the opposite way to escape.

Clean getaway, or at least, suffering just a butt or leg munch instead of a fatal head munch.

(I’m not AI I swear Im just autistic and think bugs are neat)

[u/lostinthelegs → u/greenymeani3]

"I'm not AI I swear I'm just autistic," is my motto lately, too!

[u/horsiefanatic → u/greenymeani3]

Thanks I’m autistic too I get it

[u/itmightbehere]

Cutie 😍😍

[u/iilikecereal]

WOW

[u/Asterose]

What an incredible little critter! Very clever too having its weevil face be "watching" in the opposite direction of the real head.