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Brown Spittlebug - Cercopidae - Philaenus spumarius
Copyright © 2009 Mardon Erbland

Brown Spittlebug - Cercopidae - Philaenus spumarius
47.63058N 52.68770W (WGS84), Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
August 9, 2009
Size: 6mm body length
This spittlebug was on top of the red concrete retaining wall between our driveway and our yard. This spittlebug seems to be the same as one I photographed three days earlier:
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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 11 August, 2009 - 4:17am
Last updated 11 August, 2009 - 10:28am

Spittlebugs
Did you see this chart about the variations in spittlebugs?
… Ilona L., 11 August, 2009 - 12:28pm login or register to post comments

 
I hadn't seen the chart...
so thanks for pointing it out to me. I'm surprised how many variations there can sometimes be within a single species.
… Mardon Erbland, 11 August, 2009 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spittlebugs.
… Mardon Erbland, 11 August, 2009 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
This looks a lot like some of the images under Philaenus spumarius but there is a wide variety for that species. I'm not sure if I sould move this there.
… Mardon Erbland, 11 August, 2009 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

 
Philaenus spumarius
yes
… Andy Hamilton, 11 August, 2009 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

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