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Cercopid Spittle Bug

family - Cercopidae

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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10 Comments

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

Thanks patty!

patty
patty 11 years ago

Cool spotty bug and great series Dan; I like the focus effect =)

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

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!

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Nice!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

So simple and clean. Nice find Dan.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Cercopidae/spittle bug.

RiekoS
RiekoS 11 years ago

Another amazing bug. Are you sure you did not go around the bug with orang highlighter ;-)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Terrific!

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 11 years ago

Another beauty from you Dan! U're a real adventurer! Great spotting!

KrantiAzad
KrantiAzad 11 years ago

very nice !!

Dan Doucette
Spotted by
Dan Doucette

Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 21, 2013
Submitted on Apr 5, 2013

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