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Pectinariophyes stalii
A small, multi-toned, green-yellow-amber, somewhat transparent-translucent, spittle bug. About 12mm.
Under strong lights in used car yard - hiding in the passenger door seal of a Holden..
This is a type of spittle bug found on eucalyptus trees. Pectinariophyes nymphs live in calcerous tubes built usually at the axil on a small diameter plant stems. https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoft... http://hemiptera-databases.org/cool/data...
Spotted on Mar 2, 2013
Submitted on Mar 3, 2013
3 Comments
very cute !
Thanks Leanne. I don't think it was really interested in the car - just another tyre kicker.
Nice one Argy Bee :)