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Tomaspis inca
A lovely pair of banded Spittlebug adults, one with red eyes and one with a more black-red colored eye. About 1.5 cm long. Family Cercopidae. The nymphs of this family typically bury themselves in a thick ball of foamy spittle so they can feed on plant sap unmolested by predators. See this spotting for a picture of the spittle. It is also quite sticky. (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/200...)
Forest, Chorreadero Park, Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas, Mexico.
Spotted on Aug 22, 2015
Submitted on Feb 21, 2016
2 Comments
Thank you venusflytrap :)
Beautiful image, Lauren!