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Photo by Rubens Araujo
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Field Notes

Description:

foam in a tree ...dripping water ...some kind of insect nest ...spittlebug ? cicada ??

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Comments (6)
jprat001
I am not sure if it is spittlebug, i know they produce this foam http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/GARDEN/PLANTS/INVERT/spittlebugs.html
Juan Mantilla - MJ Reichenbach
I believe as Gordon does, that it is an amphibian who did this. Ive seen this foam in many plants here in the amazon region of Ecuador, Im sure there is a frog specie that does this in the Amazon.
Rubens Araujo
I looked for a bug using a stick ( this branch was a little bit high), but I did not find any bug...
jprat001
it might be a immature spittlebugs creating that foam?
Gordon Dietzman
That is a lot of foam. I wonder if it is an arboreal amphibian, such as a frog, that lays its eggs within the protection of foam to keep the eggs and young moist. There are a couple of species that do that in Africa and one, I believe, in Asia.
Dan Doucette
That is a lot of foam and water! I wonder if you collect the dripping water would there be any insects in it?

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