Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, the nymphs of which form frothy masses of liquid on plant stems. Also called froghopper, spittle insect.
Wiktionary
- n. Any of various small insects of the family Cercopidae that feed on plant sap and whose larvae produce cuckoo spit.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete
Examples
“Lepyronia angulifera, angular spittlebug, by Jim Kramer — It is classified as threatened due to habitat destruction.”
Photography Contest: Finalists, Threatened or Endangered - The Panda's Thumb
“Lepyronia angulifera, angular spittlebug, by Jim Kramer — It is classified as threatened due to habitat destruction.”
Photography Contest: Finalists, Threatened or Endangered - The Panda's Thumb
“As is his belief that the insect that surrounds itself with foam is a tick, when it is obviously a spittlebug.”
“Dalhousie Professor Steve Shaw ... and spittlebug friend.”
“But now the lowly spittlebug (so named because it can whip up a frothy covering that looks like human spit to protect itself) has been crowned nature's top high-jump champ.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spittlebug’.
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Pests
Feral animals, invasive plants and other pests (in Australia).
tipborer, rabbit, planthopper, fox, spittlebug, camel, patterson's curse, froghopper, mimosa pigra, donkey, gamba grass, yellow crazy ant and 114 more...
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Crawling out the woodwork
Insects which haven't been listed yet (there don't seem to be any sprawling entomology lists, small wonder), with pretty or punchy names. Suggestions welcome.
magicicada, wooly aphid, shield bug, psyllid, tumbling flower b..., fringed looper, springtail, acteon beetle, lantern bug, moss mantid, green darner, whipscorpion and 37 more...
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