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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Cicadas, Spittlebugs, Leafhoppers, and Treehoppers (Cicadomorpha) » Spittlebugs (Cercopoidea) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » obtusa complex (Clastoptera obtusa complex) » Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)
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spittlebug nymph on birch - Clastoptera obtusa
Copyright © 2011 Christopher Adam

spittlebug nymph on birch - Clastoptera obtusa
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 11, 2011
Size: 4mm
The spittle containing this white nymph was mucilaginous, a type of spittle I haven't encountered before. Found on a white birch (Betula papyrifera) in my back yard. Several others were also present, located in the joint just below the leaves.

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spittlebug nymph on birch - Clastoptera obtusa spittlebug nymph on birch - Clastoptera obtusa
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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 11 July, 2011 - 7:20pm
Last updated 12 July, 2011 - 12:21pm

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… Christopher Adam, 12 July, 2011 - 12:21pm login or register to post comments

Clastoptera obtusa
That's the kind of spittle that Clastoptera make. You can see that this nymph has shifted position on the plant, leaving its old position on the petiole (with lots of tiny bubbles) for a more advantageous position head-down, where it is starting a new spittle mass.
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