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Spittlebug in open meadow - Philaenus spumarius
Copyright © 2010 Stephen_WV

Spittlebug in open meadow - Philaenus spumarius
Valley Bend WMA, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA
June 1, 2009
Size: 6.9 mm
There were several of these essentially unmarked Spittlebugs in the meadow.
Contributed by Stephen_WV on 29 August, 2010 - 6:09pm
Last updated 30 August, 2010 - 2:39pm

Moved
Moved from Spittlebugs.
… Stephen_WV, 30 August, 2010 - 2:39pm

Philaenus spumarius
one of the color forms of the Meadow spittlebug
… Andy Hamilton, 30 August, 2010 - 8:37am

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