Leafhoppers use tiny light-absorbing balls to conceal their eggs
The insects produce the antireflective microspheres themselves
![Alnetoidia alneti](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/110217_VC_leafhopper_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT Insects called leafhoppers (Alnetoidia alneti shown) produce microscopic, antireflective spheres that the bugs rub onto their eggs to camouflage them.
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