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Spittlebug

Deois schach or Pandysia schach

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Field Notes

Description:

The second photo was taken 1 week after the first one. It seems the bug died in the same position.

Species ID Suggestions

Spittlebug

Deois schach or Pandysia schach

Comments (4)

Cercopidae, Deois sp. and most probably Deois schach, also called Pandysis schach. Unfortuntaly electronic reference does not properly work, so I added a link from my google search. Original website is not accessible. http://www.google.ch/imgres?q=Pandysia+schach&hl=de&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1242&bih=657&tbm=isch&tbnid=hM7nc2teKjEj0M:&imgrefurl=http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults.fwx%3Fcollection%3Dzoology%26searchTerm%3D127120&docid=-s5hgYkrGJAL9M&itg=1&imgurl=http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/zooimages/127120.JPG&w=1024&h=1109&ei=5epPUc7tN4esO-f_gOAD&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:1,s:0,i:85&iact=rc&dur=287&page=1&tbnh=165&tbnw=152&start=0&ndsp=26&tx=83&ty=83
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PublishedMarch 24, 2013

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