What is the name of the insect in the picture?

The Brazilian treehopper (Bocydium globulare) is a species of insect that belongs to the treehopper family (Membracidae). It has unusual appendages on its head. While the Bocydium can be found throughout the world, they are prevalent in Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia.

Their primary food source is from the underside of leaves. They also exhibit hemimetabolous(having no pupal stage in the transition from larva to adult) development. The species has very apparent, globular appen dages coming out of its thorax. Entomologists are still not certain about why these treehoppers have these appendages, how ever, it has been proposed that the adaptation deters their predators.

The nymphs feed on the underside of leaves. They are deemed "sap sucking" insects because the nymph gets its nutrition from the sap of the leaves.

Plants are essential for the Brazilian treehopper's life cycle. There are numerous ways that these females can lay their eggs. One common method used is to lay the egg directly inside the tissue of the plant. Some females also will lay the egg on the plant's surface. This species in particular has hemimetabolous development, where they begin as an egg, growing into a nymph, reaching the adult maturation.