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Spittle Bug - Clastoptera xanthocephala
Copyright © 2008 Sam Houston

Spittle Bug - Clastoptera xanthocephala
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
March 9, 2008
Size: 3mm (1/8")
Some sort of weird small hopper. Please help with ID.
Contributed by Sam Houston on 10 March, 2008 - 8:28pm
Last updated 12 March, 2008 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Clastoptera.
… Sam Houston, 12 March, 2008 - 2:28pm

Clastoptera xanthocephala
Called the "sunflower spittlebug" although they feed on all sorts of things.
… Andy Hamilton, 12 March, 2008 - 2:08pm

Spittle bug adult.
This is an adult spittle bug in the genus Clastoptera, facing right:-) Hey, in the field I can never tell which way they are headed. More than once I've put my vial at the 'wrong' end. LOL!
… Eric R. Eaton, 11 March, 2008 - 3:26pm

 
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I noticed that after I got it on the computer but they have those "false eye" looking spots on the back end :-O
… Sam Houston, 11 March, 2008 - 4:12pm

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