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Cercopid Spittle Bug

family - Cercopidae

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

dark blue with 6 bright orange spots

Habitat:

pacific coast rainforest

Notes:

Really cool looking bug. I only saw this once. San Cipriano forest reserve.

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Comments (10)
patty
Cool spotty bug and great series Dan; I like the focus effect =)
Dan Doucette
Thanks bayucca, I would have never thought of this as a spittle bug but upon a search I found a similar one, though not identified. Thanks all for the awesome comments!
RiekoS
Another amazing bug. Are you sure you did not go around the bug with orang highlighter ;-)
Jason Alexander
Another beauty from you Dan! U're a real adventurer! Great spotting!

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PublishedApril 5, 2013

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