Strange bug

2934 posts
18 years
Atherton tablelands,
NQ

Posted 15/09/2008 - 07:55 Link

This thing hops,
[IMG]http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s95/muffin51/oddbug6.jpg[/IMG]
And has wings
[IMG]http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s95/muffin51/oddbug3.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s95/muffin51/oddbug2.jpg[/IMG]

C&C welcome.
Don.

Clarky Clarky

3125 posts
19 years
Sydney Australia

Posted 15/09/2008 - 10:43 Link

Looks like some sort of locust maybe :

Steve O Steve O

168 posts
19 years
Essex,
England

Posted 15/09/2008 - 11:31 Link

Could it be a froghopper?

Steve
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royd63uk royd63uk

1072 posts
18 years
Newport,
South Wales,U.k

Posted 15/09/2008 - 12:36 Link

It is a froghopper

edited for spelling error

regards
Roy

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Edited by royd63uk: 15/09/2008 - 12:36

Mannesty Mannesty

7650 posts
21 years
Totana,
Spain.

Posted 15/09/2008 - 13:06 Link

It's a Froghopper. They spend their larval stage in 'Cuckoo Spit'. Basically, they blow bubbles and surround themselves in a protective layer of small bubbles, resembling spit.

Peter E Smith - flickr Photostream

Clarky Clarky

3125 posts
19 years
Sydney Australia

Posted 15/09/2008 - 13:10 Link

Mannesty wrote:
It's a Froghopper. They spend their larval stage in 'Cuckoo Spit'. Basically, they blow bubbles and surround themselves in a protective layer of small bubbles, resembling spit.

Sounds yummy