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Page Last Updated: May 19 2019
3 species
Dogwood Spittle Bug - approx. 3 mm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Genus: Clastoptera
Species: Proteus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
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Updated September 9 2012
Meadow Spittle Bug - approx. 6 mm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Genus: Philaenus
Species: Spumarius
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Meadow Spittle Bug larva - approx. 3 mm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Philaenus
Species: Spumarius
Meadow? Spittle Bug "spittle" - approx. 1 cm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Philaenus?
Species: Spumarius?
Dogwood Spittle Bug "spittle" - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Genus: Clastoptera
Species: Proteus
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
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Updated September 9 2012
Alder? Spittle Bug - approx. 4 mm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Genus: Clastoptera
Species: Obtusa?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Meadow? Spittle Bug nymph - approx. 6 mm
Order: Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids)
Family: Cercopidae (Spittle Bugs)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Genus: Philaenus?
Species: Spumarius?
Dogwood Spittle Bug on Wild Grape vine - approx. 3 mm - Leslie Spit - July 2011
Meadow Spittle Bug larva - approx. 3 mm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2010
Meadow? Spittle Bug "spittle" - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - June 2008
Dogwood Spittle Bug "spittle" on Dogwood species - approx. 1.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - June 2013
Meadow? Spittle Bug nymph - approx. 6 mm - Leslie Spit - July 2013
Similar to Red Cedar Spittlebug (C. arborina)
Alder? Spittle Bug - approx. 4 mm - High Park - July 2018
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Updated May 19 2019
Meadow Spittle Bug - approx. 6 mm - Toronto Islands - June 2018