[1] It is found in tropical dry forests in Madagascar, and the adult insects are gregarious, the groups orienting themselves in such a way that they resemble a flower spike.

[2] The adults have wide pink wings which they hold vertically in a tent-like fashion, concealing the whole body.

The nymphs have no wings, but can move about, and are defensively covered in wispy white wax, with a plume of waxy tendrils.

Like other bugs in this family, both adults and nymphs feed by piercing the bark with their mouthparts and sucking sap from the phloem.

[3] Flatida rosea feed on the liana Elachyptera minimiflora.