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Spittlebugs

Bathyllus albicinctus

Description:

Spittle bugs mating.

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3 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 11 years ago

Thanks Rachael and Leuba.
This does seem to be the same although you seem to have a darker (black) one while mine is brown. There is no other option in the dpi link so I will accept your suggestion.

RachaelB
RachaelB 11 years ago

Looks very similar to one I spotted recently (Bathylus albicinctus) -http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/15764327

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 11 years ago

...the female looks exhausted !!

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Oct 31, 2012
Submitted on Oct 31, 2012

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