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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) » Typical Spittlebugs (Aphrophoridae) » Aphrophorinae » Aphrophorini » Aphrophora
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Spittlebug Nymph - Aphrophora
Copyright © 2010 Sue Pappalardo

Spittlebug Nymph - Aphrophora
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park, Mill Creek Campground, Del Norte County, California, USA
June 6, 2009
Size: tiny
On berry cane (Rubus sp.). Stream flat with maple, alder, second-growth redwood. Photo taken 12:30 PM. Looks closest to Lepyronia but the ones I found on bugguide do not show red coloration.

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Contributed by Sue Pappalardo on 22 January, 2010 - 6:46pm
Last updated 29 January, 2010 - 8:44am

Moved
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… Charley Eiseman, 29 January, 2010 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

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… Charley Eiseman, 26 January, 2010 - 11:07pm login or register to post comments

Aphrophora?
not Lepyronia - that genus isn't on the west coast
… Andy Hamilton, 26 January, 2010 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

Well...
for what it's worth, the hindquarters of this spittlebug (Clastoptera) seem to bear a resemblance to the hindquarters of your spittlebug:



No telling what the rest of it looks like, of course. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 January, 2010 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Clastoptera
Yes, the hind end does look similar and it's close by geographically but I can't find a whole bug under that genus that looks like it.
… Sue Pappalardo, 28 January, 2010 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Aphrophora
Not Clastoptera - the bubbles it makes are too big. I'm guessing that this is a very young Aphrophora, a genus that often has a red abdomen. Please watch for adults!
… Andy Hamilton, 29 January, 2010 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks and Adults
Thank you for the ID. I could only find one adult last summer and I'm pretty sure it is Philaenus spumarius (Meadow Spittlebug) based on the (your) ID page on Bugguide. I'll look harder this summer. I didn't know there was more than one kind of spittlebug last summer.
… Sue Pappalardo, 30 January, 2010 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

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