![]() | Brown Spittlebug Nymph exposed | Green Tube Spittlebug Profile | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | True Bugs (Hemiptera) | ||||
Family: | True Spittlebug (Cercopoidea, Cercopidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Brown Spittlebug (Bathyllus albicinctus) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Nymph - "Dribbles"🔎 | ||||
EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: Named by fellow SA Natureteers member, Nigel Bell. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Adults ~6mm long. They make a froth (akin to a frog nest pontoon) in plants for their young to hide in while they suck juices from the plant, as can be seen here. We confused the nymph with a Cicada; at least they are related. Newly emerged speciemens can be very pale. Additionally Les Day said "B. albicinctus does appear to be variable in colouring." | |||||
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