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Froghopper or Spittlebug

superfamily Cercopoidea

Description:

These families are best known for the nymph stage, which produces a cover of frothed-up plant sap resembling spit; the nymphs are therefore commonly known as spittle bugs and their froth as cuckoo spit, frog spit or snake spit.

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7 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

Great Macro Atul..
Lucky to find this one in light. They mostly stuck to dark places.

JasonCryan
JasonCryan 11 years ago

This is a spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae....don't know the genus or species, though!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

You are welcome :)

Glad if I can be of any help...

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Thanks Jeannette, its very similar to your spot a slight color variation may be .
will have to search for the exact id!

Jeannette
Jeannette 11 years ago

I have a similar one maybe it can help with the ID, I don't know anything about Indian species....
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/122...

Nice shot :)

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

Thank you Satyen !

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Fantastic spot Doc!

Atul
Spotted by
Atul

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Jul 12, 2012
Submitted on Jul 12, 2012

Spotted for Mission

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