Monomad: The Little Guy on the Scorpion's Tail Flower

I found this little guy for the umpteenth time. The horned treehopper (Leptocentrus taurus) is an interesting insect with a strange characteristic. It has three horns like a dwarf's hat—a long horn in the middle curves to its back. At first, I thought it was a sharp thorn and would hurt if pricked. I tried to touch that, but it turned out to be soft.

It walked on the scorpion's tail flower stalk like a circus performer but occasionally stopped as if to let me capture it with my phone. This time, it walked without its bodyguards (ants). I suspect it gave its bodyguards a holiday along with the new year.

^{This is another entry I submitted for the daily #monomad challenge.}

^{These photos are my own, taken with POCO X3 NFC smartphone + external macro lens.}