Two-Lined Spittlebug

prosapia bicincta

The Two-Lined Spittlebug is a small, green insect that loves to hop around on plants! It creates bubbly foam that helps protect it while it grows.

Lebensraum: They live in fields, gardens, and grassy areas.

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The Two-Lined Spittlebug is a small, oval-shaped insect, typically dark brown to black. It has two distinctive bright red or orange bands that stretch across its back, making it visually unique from other spittlebugs.

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Two-Lined Spittlebug

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

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Interessante Fakten

Imagine blowing bubbles: spittlebug nymphs make their own bubbly houses from sap!

The adult bugs are often mistaken for froghoppers due to their jumping skills!

Their amazing jumps can cover distances 100 times their own body length!

Two-lined spittlebugs drink only plant juice, like tiny vampires of the garden!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Two-Lined Spittlebug has a 'Spittle Shield' that helps its nymph hide from predators and stay moist within a protective foam bubble.

Two-Lined Spittlebug can leap incredibly high because of powerful hind legs, escaping danger with a sudden spring.

Two-Lined Spittlebug can suck plant sap because of specialized piercing-sucking mouthparts, getting nutrients directly from plant stems.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite: 12-18 mm
Größe: 6-9 mm
Lebenserwartung: 30-90 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit: 1-3 km/h
Anzahl der Beine: 6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These tiny bugs drink plant sap from various grasses and herbaceous plants, like sipping juice.

Hauptnahrung

Grasses
Clovers
Legumes
Small grains
Bermuda grass

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Adults are a food source for hungry birds.

eaten by

Black-and-Yellow Garden Spider

Argiope aurantia

Spiders often trap adult spittlebugs in their webs.

depends on

Bermuda Grass

Cynodon dactylon

Feeds on sap, sometimes causing damage to this grass.

depends on

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Nymphs and adults feed on plant juices from clover.

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