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Stephen Luk | profile | all galleries >> Arthropods of Ontario >> Class Insecta - Insects >> Order Hemiptera - True Bugs >> Suborder Auchenorrhyncha >> Family Cercopidae - Spittlebugs tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Family Cercopidae - Spittlebugs

Spittlebug nymphs protect themselves with a foamy mass, created by mixing waste fluid with air blown from their anus. Their "spittle" are commonly seen on weeds, where the adults also feed. These insects are quick to jump away when disturbed.
The genera Aphrophora and Clastoptera are often placed in their own family, Aphrophoridae and Clastopteridae, respectively.
European Alder Spittlebug (Aphrophora alni)
European Alder Spittlebug (Aphrophora alni)		 Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora cribata)
Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora cribata)		 Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora cribata)
Pine Spittlebug (Aphrophora cribata)		 Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)
Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)		 Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)
Alder Spittlebug (Clastoptera obtusa)
Diamondbacked Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis)
Diamondbacked Spittlebug (Lepyronia quadrangularis)		 Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius)		 Meadow Spittlebugs (Philaenus spumarius)
Meadow Spittlebugs (Philaenus spumarius)		 Clastoptera sp.
Clastoptera sp.

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