Woodlands Historic Park Bugs

Common Spittlebug (Philagra parva) at Woodlands Historic Park
Common Spittlebug (Philagra parva), early March (photo Andrew Allen)

Length 9-12mm.

Classification

from Australian Faunal Directory

Order Hemiptera - bugs, hoppers and scale insects
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha - Cicadas, Hoppers, and Spittlebugs
Super-family Cercopoidea - Froghoppers and Spittlebugs - 40 species in Australia
Family Cercopidae - Froghoppers and Spittlebugs, 30 species in Australia
Genus Philagra
Species Philagra parva