spittlebugs (froghoppers)

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spittlebugs (froghoppers)
Some Interesting Things to Know About Spittlebugs:
- Spittlebugs are immature froghoppers.
- There are approximately 850 species worldwide and 23 species known in North America.
- The meadow froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) is one of the most common.
- Adults lay eggs on a host plant. These eggs overwinter and hatch in the spring.
- Nymphs create a frothy “spittle” that looks like spit by secreting water and air to make bubbles.
- The spittle protects the nymphs from predators.
- More than one nymph may be found in a batch of spittle.
- They go though incomplete metamorphosis, molting approximately 5 times before reaching
adulthood.
- This is an interesting video of a spittlebug creating spittle: https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=f5iNNY1N3rc
Copyright Anne Riechmann and Dawn Smith, Mud Puddles to Meteors, 2013
Use these photos for nature journals, lap books, or insect reports.
Copyright Anne Riechmann and Dawn Smith, Mud Puddles to Meteors, 2013
Use these photos for nature journals, lap books, or insect reports.
Copyright Anne Riechmann and Dawn Smith, Mud Puddles to Meteors, 2013
word cloud
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nature journaling, or anything else you can imagine.
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molt
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word scramble
Unscramble the words below to find hidden terms related to spittlebugs.
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spittlebugs
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