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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) » Douglas-fir Spittlebug (Aphrophora permutata)
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Meadow Spittlebug? - Aphrophora permutata
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Meadow Spittlebug? - Aphrophora permutata
Thompson Falls, Sanders County, Montana, USA
June 18, 2006
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 20 August, 2006 - 10:54am
Last updated 6 September, 2006 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Spittlebugs. Thanks, Andy.

I looked it up online and found the common name Western pine spittlebug. I hope that is right. I'll have more western species for you as there seems to be some neat hoppers in this area.
… Lynette Elliott, 21 August, 2006 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Douglas-fir spittle bug
This species does not feed on pine, but on Douglas-fir, a tree that is dominant in intermontane valley bottoms in the Pacific Northwest states and adjacent Canada.

The western pine spittlebug is Aphrophora fulva. That spittle bug looks just like the Douglas-fir spittle bug, but it feeds on lodgepole pine, which usually grows at elevations above the Douglas-fir forests.
… Andy Hamilton, 24 August, 2006 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I fixed it.
… Lynette Elliott, 24 August, 2006 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

Aphrophora permutata
A much larger spittle bug with pitted wings. There are several species that look similar, but this is probably the common one.
… Andy Hamilton, 21 August, 2006 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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