#spittlebugs

[bitsandbirds]

These guys are quite photogenic.

Common Froghopper/Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius), Ireland

[alcnfr]

A few Insecty/Buggy pics from the day...

A Black Carpenter Ant (probably: Camponotus pennsylvanicus) dragging off a long dead Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea).

Likely a Banded Tussock Moth caterpillar (Halysidota tessellaris).

Candy-Striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea).

And 2- Two-Lined Spittlebugs (Prosapia bicincta).

[snototter]

A spittlebug (Paraliterna malayana) in Malaysia

by David

[briargeese]

When I was looking for caterpillars with the UV light the spittlebug foam lit up like Christmas tree lights.  Lots of bugs came to investigate including this moth. Actually spittlebugs are also called froghoppers, a better name if you ask me.

[xbot2213]

Me and my friends :)

@xboy2213 - fox @flam-central - spittle bug @mayham2641 - racoon

Drew it for fun :)

[indizombie]

Xylella fastiodiosa is a bacterium that clogs the xylem (the vessels that carry water from the roots to the leaves) of trees and other woody plants and slowly chokes them to death. Spittlebugs, a common insect, spread the disease: when they bite an infected leaf, the bacteria move into their saliva, and the bugs transmit the disease when they feed on their next healthy plant. There are no known cures for this disease, and once infected, the plant slowly dries up (though some infected plants manage to survive without showing symptoms). There are several strains of Xylella, and together they affect 595 plant species worldwide at the last count. Over the past century, Xylella has decimated orange fields in Brazil, vineyards in southern California, and pear trees in Taiwan. 10 years ago, Xylella reached Puglia's olive trees. With its 60 million olive trees, Puglia used to produce up to 50% of Italy's olive oil, but in just a few years, Xylella infected and killed 21 million trees, many of which were several centuries old. Today, an endless sea of dead, grey tree trunks covers the lower part of the region, dotted with what's left of thousands of small-scale farms, olive mills, and greenhouses. The regional governor President Michele Emiliano was initially sceptical about a link between Xylella and the rapid desiccation of olive trees. The scientists working on trying to stop the bacteria were put on trial, accused of spreading the bacteria themselves (eventually, all charges were dropped). Italy was investigated by the European Commission for an inadequate response.

Agostino Petroni, ‘The plan to save Italy's dying olive trees with dogs’, BBC

[pogomcl]

Red and Black Froghopper, Cercopis sanguinolenta Canon 400D EF 100 2.8 f/3.2 1/160 iso: 400 Srbsko, Czech Republic 5/22/2010

[highwaytohellgrammite]

Staring at plants is so rewarding

[fear-the-hippo]

*bleeds on you to discourage predation*

[thegrandimago]

Taken 2022 31st August, this was a European alder spittle bug (Aphrophora alni) I found on the bus. In Sweden, they occur wherever forest edges, hedgerows, meadows, gardens, and parks are present. Contrary to their name, these spittle bugs don't only feed from alder trees as bushes and trees of different species are also taken, with adults prefer deciduous trees while larvae prefer herbaceous plants. They can be seen from May-October, with their life-cycle beginning in spring hatching from eggs laid close to winter. The nymphs live on the stems and leaves of herbaceous plants protected from exposure by a foam made from plant sap until they've reached their imago stage. Eventually, females will mate and will deposit her eggs on herbaceous plants close to winter, where they overwinter until the following spring starting the cycle over. #animal #animals #djur #natur #naturliv #wildlife #insect #insects #insekt #insekter #nature #spittlebug #spittlebugs #bugs #bug #arthropod #arthropods #invertebrate #invertebrates #truebug #truebugs #insectagram #animalia #arthropoda #insecta #hemiptera #aphrophoridae #aphrophora #aphrophoraalni #europeanalderspittlebug https://www.instagram.com/p/CnSQ_p7Kw_T/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[crevicedwelling]

Clastoptera xanthocephala is a small spittlebug that feeds on plants in the daisy family. they have false eyes on the ends of their wings!

[onenicebugperday]

Just wanted you to appreciate this stunning planthopper that was hanging out on my screen door recently!

They would be soooo well camouflaged on a tree! This one is a spittle bug rather than a planthopper tho.

[alcnfr]

Candy-Striped Leafhopper (Graphocephala coccinea)

Two-Lined Spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta)

[jupiterswasphouse]

[PHOTO TAKEN: JUNE 9TH, 2024 | Image ID: A photo of a red-striped black froghopper on a metal surface /End ID.]

[revretch]

I saw. SO MANY BUG today. (Sorry in advance for bad phone camera quality and shaky hands)

Male March fly!!! (Thanks to @microecobus for the ID!)

Baby sawfly!

Tiny assassin bug!

Flat bug (actually what they're called) and a zebra jumping spider!

Better look at the jumping spider!

Male California glowworm (species of firefly where only the babies and wingless females glow)!

Aphids!

Spittlebug (hiding in the foam on the leaf)!

And last but not least, a huge male snakefly (females have long ovipositors)!!!! So cool to find this one, I've only seen one in person once before in my life!

That's not counting the crane flies, honeybees, ants, little round orange mite, various flies, brown marmorated stink bug (of course), tiger butterfly, boxelder bugs, and tons of little parasitoid wasps I saw pollinating. An excellent bug day for Rev!

[oakcricket]

some teeny bugs