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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 » Subgenus Plesiommata (Aphrophora Subgenus Plesiommata) » Boreal Spittlebug (Aphrophora gelida)
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Spittlebug? - Aphrophora gelida
Copyright © 2011 Heidi Eaton

Spittlebug? - Aphrophora gelida
Black Forest, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
June 13, 2011
Size: ~10mm
Reminded me of a really big leafhopper at first, but I think it's a spittlebug, maybe in the genus Aphrophora?
Thanks!

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Contributed by Heidi Eaton on 13 June, 2011 - 6:50pm
Last updated 15 June, 2011 - 4:39pm

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