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Philagra parva
About 8mm long.
On goodenia? plant in a local nature reserve.
order: HEMIPTERA
suborder: AUCHENORRHYNCHA
infraorder: CICADOMORPHA
superfamily: CERCOPOIDEA
family: CERCOPIDAE
subfamily: APHROPHORINAE
Distribution in Australia... http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...
http://www1.dpi.nsw.gov.au/keys/cercopid...
Spotted on Feb 23, 2014
Submitted on Feb 24, 2014
3 Comments
They diverge high on the tree of life (Cercopoidea vs. Membracoidea) but I agree they look similar from a human perspective. Compare this spittlebug http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/187... and this leafhopper http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/178...
Is there a difference in the Plant/tree hopper and the spittlebug?
Is that a snorkel?