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26-12-2007, 05:53 PM
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| | | Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
I took this photo in an area beside the river which flows through Burnside in County Antrim. It was in the cuckoo spittle until I moved it. I took the pic and then moved it back into the cuckoo spittle. ID anyone?
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26-12-2007, 06:04 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
It's a nymph of a froghopper species (these are true bugs) but there are numerous species, so I don't know which one. |
30-12-2007, 11:11 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
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Originally Posted by aeshna5  It's a nymph of a froghopper species (these are true bugs) but there are numerous species, so I don't know which one. | ...and often refrred to as spittle bugs!! 
Quite a good defence mechanism when you are a soft and tasty nymph!
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09-01-2008, 07:31 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
Thanks for the info Wyevilla.
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09-01-2008, 10:28 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
As far as im aware many species of Auchenorrhyncha produce it. Not just one. |
10-01-2008, 09:47 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
According to Chinery,
"...nymphs of most species (of Aphrophoridae) live in masses of froth..."
I guess the Common froghopper ( Philaenus spumarius) is, well, the commonest! 
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10-01-2008, 10:16 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
So it seems to be most Cercopidae that spend their nymphal stages in "froth". |
10-01-2008, 10:54 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
Thanks for the information.
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10-01-2008, 10:56 PM
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| | | Re: Larva in Cuckoo Spittle
I used to love finding the frog hopper in cuckoo spit when i was a kid! What produces the 'froth'?
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