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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	True Bugs (Hemiptera)
	Family:	Spittlebug (Cercopidae)
	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."
	Copyright © 2016-2022 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 31-Aug-2016
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.