Mary Bates, PhD

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Leafhoppers Locate Lovers Through Good Vibrations

Scaphoideus titanus. Photo: Yerpo, via Wikimedia Commons. Distributed under a CC-BY-SA-3.0 license.It can be hard to find a mate when you’re less than 5 mm long. Luckily, leafhoppers can pick up on each other’s vibes.Male and female leafhoppers perform vibratory duets to identify, locate, and court each other. Read about how they do it in my latest Zoologic post: Lustful Leafhoppers Locate Each Other Through Good Vibrations.