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Spittlebug

Prosapia simulans

Description:

Black and yellow Spittlebug about 8 mm long. Family Cercopidae.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Spittlebug
Prosapia simulans


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2 Comments

LaurenZarate
LaurenZarate 10 years ago

Thank you so much for the identification bayucca :)

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Cercopidae, Spittlebugs/Froghopper.

LaurenZarate
Spotted by
LaurenZarate

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico

Spotted on Aug 2, 2013
Submitted on Aug 24, 2013

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