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Two-lined Spittle Bug - Prosapia bicincta

Two-lined Spittle Bug - Prosapia bicincta
Alpharetta, Georgia, USA
August 13, 2008

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You are right about the species. This is a very common spittlebug in the eastern USA, but (amazingly) nobody has ever seen a nymph. I have specimens of nymphal Prosapia ignipectus (its near relative) that I found at the ground level on bluestem grasses in August. Your best bet to find the nymphs of P. bicincta would be on broomsedge (Andropogon virginicus), a common and tall bunchgrass that grows in old field and roadside situations wherever the spittlebug is found.

Happy hunting in future!

 
One problem...
This was found in Georgia & I live in New Hamshire... And I'd probably have to wait until next year anyways because of the fact that it's fall, getting close on winter.

Still, thanks for the pointer. :)

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