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Although there are many different species of spittle bugs which often make them difficult to distinguish, these insects are best known for their unusual habit of forming masses of spittle. The spittle bug are from the Cercopidae family of insects in the order Homoptera which means same wing bugs.
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www.essortment.com/all/spittlebug_rvab.htm
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Common meadow spittlebug nymph (Philaenus spumarius). Spittlebugs (also know as froghoppers or cuckoo spit bugs) are small insects from the family Cercopidae. They are related to aphids and other true bugs (Hemipterans).
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www.denniskunkel.com/DK/Insects/23679D.html
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Spittlebug nymphs are particularly damaging because as they feed by sucking plant juices from the turfgrass, they must remove enough fluids to form the protective spittlemass. As a result, the total amount of feeding for such small insects is considerable.
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These white foam blobs are produced by the immatures, or nymphs, of spittlebugs, small insects related to aphids and other true bugs, in the order Hemiptera. Of the 54 species in North America, the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius, is one of the most common species in the Midwest.
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www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/insects/spitt...
www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/insects/spittlebug/spittlebugs.htm
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The adults are heavy-bodied, wedge-shaped insects about a quarter of an inch long. They are usually a mottled brown and cream, but vary from cream to almost black. They jump readily, ... Control; Chemical control is usually not profitable if the number of spittlebug nymphs averages fewer than I per stem. When the average is 1...
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ipm.illinois.edu/fieldcrops/insects/meadow_spittlebug/
ipm.illinois.edu/fieldcrops/insects/meadow_spittlebug/
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any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants. ... Also called spittle insect, spittlebug.
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dictionary.reference.com/browse/spittlebug
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Spittlebug, common name for members of a family of plant-feeding insects, the nymphs of which cover themselves with a protective frothy material that looks like human spittle. Spittlebugs, like their relatives the aphids and cicadas, suck plant juices with their needlelike mouthparts.
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www.everythingabout.net/articles/biology/animals/arthro...
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Hosts: Redbud, holly, wild cherry, and lower stems and roots of turf grasses. ... Symptoms: In Oklahoma, damage is most common on redbud in mid and late June. Large numbers of adults sucking sap from the leaves and small branches causes wilting and twig ... Feeding on young or immature leaves may result in distortion,
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www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/spittlebug.htm
www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/spittlebug.htm
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Principal author, Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Professional entomologist employed previously at University of Massachusetts, Chase Studio, Inc., and Cincinnati Zoo; contract work for West Virginia Department of Natural Resources, Smithsonian Institution, and Portland (Oregon) State University.
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