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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 » Philaenus » Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
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Cercopidae - Philaenus spumarius
Copyright © 2014 Marci Hess

Cercopidae - Philaenus spumarius
Blanchard township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, USA
July 14, 2013
Sitting on an Ox-eye Sunflower (Helianthus helianthoides)

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Contributed by Marci Hess on 3 February, 2014 - 4:01pm
Last updated 1 April, 2017 - 7:12pm

Moved
Moved from Spittlebugs.
… v belov, 1 April, 2017 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

Meadow Spittlebug
can be moved
… Kyle Kittelberger, 1 April, 2017 - 6:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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Cercopidae (Aphrophora sp.?)
… v belov, 3 February, 2014 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Philaenus spumarius
it is not heavily pitted (as in Aphrophora)
… Andy Hamilton, 14 February, 2014 - 12:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
These seem to be quite varied in appearance. Are the spots on the nose the key ID for these?
… Marci Hess, 14 February, 2014 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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