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According to researchers, treehoppers suck on plant juices, sing to each other by vibrating plant stems, and are a vital food source for other forest creatures.

Those insects infected area palms, which infected native treehoppers.

“We found the treehopper years ago,” she said.

A treehopper will lay her eggs on the underside of a nightshade leaf and then cover them with a thin secretion.

Sitting on a plant sucking juices all day makes you a pretty easy target, so planthoppers often mimic leaves, similar to the way their close relatives the treehoppers mimic thorns and other plant bits.