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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) » Clastopterid Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae) » Clastoptera » Sunflower Spittlebug (Clastoptera xanthocephala)
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spittlebug - Clastoptera xanthocephala
Copyright © 2012 Matt Edmonds

spittlebug - Clastoptera xanthocephala
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
April 3, 2012
Size: 3mm ish

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 3 April, 2012 - 4:08pm
Last updated 9 March, 2023 - 8:50pm

Moved
Moved from Clastoptera.
… Solomon Hendrix, 9 March, 2023 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Sunflower Spittlebug.
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Moved
Moved from Clastoptera.
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… v belov, 2 May, 2012 - 6:26pm login or register to post comments

Clastoptera
I have no idea what this species might be -- it is not C. obtusa, because the lower half of the head is not black; and it's not C. xanthocephala, the other common species in the southern states, because its color pattern is too bold. Nor do I know any species with a black spot on the scutellum.

Two questions: (1) what plant was it on? (2) can you collect adults for study?
… Andy Hamilton, 2 May, 2012 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

 
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Hi Andy.
Thanks for the ID help. I'm not sure what plant it might be. I remember exactly where I found her, so next time I'm near there I'll look again. Are you wanting one mailed to you?
… Matt Edmonds, 2 May, 2012 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Free-living Hemipterans.
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