Sharpshooter leafhoppers (subfamily Cicadellinae) comprise a vast and diverse group of roughly 2,400 species spread across 300 distinct genera. Like all leafhoppers, they feature specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts and closely spaced rows of fine spines along their hind legs. Both the wingless nymphs and the highly mobile adults feed on the xylem fluid (water-conducting tissue) of various plant species. I was able to identify this striking orange-and-blue specimen as Macunolla ventralis thanks to the iNaturalist database and the shared galleries of fellow wildlife photographers. While exploring the “La Perla” protected forest in La Concordia, Ecuador, I encountered hundreds of them gathering across a wide forest clearing—a spectacular sight that was impossible to miss given their vivid, high-contrast coloration!