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spittlebug aka meadow froghopper

Philaenus spumarius

Photo by KarenSaxton
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

nymph of spittlebug hides in masses froth on plant stems that thee insect makes as a covere

Habitat:

garden

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Comments (5)
KarenSaxton
Thanks, Dan. Leuba, you have to be invasive and pull them out. They were damaging some of my mom's garden, so I was accomplishing two things at once
Leuba Ridgway
cute ! yet to see one of these outside their froth "nests". Nice spotting Karen.
KarenSaxton
Of a rarely seen creature(unless you pull the spittle off the plant!)
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PublishedMay 28, 2013

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