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spittlebug::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | spittle insect |
| Type of | homopteran, homopterous insect |
| Has types | saratoga spittlebug, froghopper, pine spittlebug, aphrophora saratogensis, meadow spittlebug, philaenus spumarius |
Examples of spittlebug
spittlebug
Gently wash away the foam, and you'll see the small brown spittlebug inside.
From the sacbee.com
The spittlebug, just six millimetres long, recorded jumps as high as 700 millimetres.
From the newscientist.com
The spittlebug is common in British gardens.
From the newscientist.com
As is his belief that the insect that surrounds itself with foam is a tick, when it is obviously a spittlebug.
From the guardian.co.uk
The natural world has a new high-jump champion, with the revelation that the spittlebug can leap over 100 times higher than its body length.
From the newscientist.com
The spittlebug does this by tucking its hind legs underneath its thorax and locking them in place, using a ridge on its hind leg that engages with a protrusion on the insect's underside.
From the newscientist.com
- Spittle insect: small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
- The froghoppers, or the superfamily Cercopoidea, are a group of Hemipteran insects, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. ...
- Any of various small insects of the family Cercopidae that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit
