Bathyllus albicinctus
Spittlebug, Froghopper at Greenway, ACT
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| Bathyllus albicinctus | KimPullen | 20 Nov 2016 | |
| Bathyllus albicinctus | KimPullen | 20 Nov 2016 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 20 Nov 2016 |
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Size - length 4-5mm, on Chrysocephalum apiculatum, on the slopes on the east side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Pine Island.
3 comments
20 Nov 2016
Also see:
http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3366148
http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3366148
21 Nov 2016
The ones with a banded brown abdomen are nymphs (immatures), which live encased in a froth ('cuckoo spit' or 'frog spit') they produce from the sap they suck; the white-striped one visible in the shadows in one image is the adult, which abandons the froth. The nymphs are known as spittlebugs and the adults as froghoppers.
21 Nov 2016
The tiny black insect in the froth in one shot appears to be a trapped fly or wasp.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.057300-35.426303
- Altitude 561.1m
- Maps Pine Island to Point Hut
- Places Greenway, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 Nov 2016 06:58 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bathyllus albicinctus Leafhoppers & planthoppers (Hemiptera, several families) Insects
Species information
- Bathyllus albicinctus Scientific name
- Spittlebug, Froghopper Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1279.3m Recorded at altitude
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