Machaerotinae sp. (subfamily)

Tube Spittlebug at Yaouk, NSW

Machaerotinae sp. (subfamily) at Yaouk, NSW - 5 Dec 2021 02:23 PM
Request use of media

Identification history

Machaerotinae sp. (subfamily) 5 Jul 2025 KimberiRP
Caliscelidae (family) 15 Aug 2023 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 9 Dec 2021 AlisonMilton

Identify this sighting


Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Not sure what might have hatched from these cocoons.

1 comment

KimberiRP wrote:
   5 Jul 2025
These are calcareous tubes constructed by juvenile Tube Spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Clastopteridae: Machaerotinae). The nymph lives immersed in a secretion in the tube. Adults are free-living.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Eucalyptus Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
831,346 sightings of 22,888 species from 14,394 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made