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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 » Philaenini » Philaenarcys » Prairie Spittlebug (Philaenarcys bilineata)
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Hopper??? - Philaenarcys bilineata
Copyright © 2004 David A Burke

Hopper??? - Philaenarcys bilineata
NW, Wyoming, USA
August 21, 2004
I found this in the grasses in a semi wet area.
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Contributed by David A Burke on 23 August, 2004 - 10:54pm

Cercopidae
Philaenarcys bilineata, prairie spittlebug
… Andy Hamilton, 10 September, 2004 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

Spittlebug
This looks like an adult spittlebug, family Cercopidae. They are more compact than most sharpshooters and leafhoppers (Cicadellidae), and cicadellids have a very obvious row of uniform-length spines along the hind legs. Cercopids have one or two spurs near the end of each hind leg.
… Eric R. Eaton, 24 August, 2004 - 11:26am login or register to post comments

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