Colour Variants

Nymph and Spittle on Senecio nemorensis

Length: Male 5.3-6mm, Female 5.4-6.9mm

Egg	Nymph	Adult
(Winter)	May - June (Earliest: 19.5)	May - November (Earliest: 21.6)

Biotopes:	Wet Meadows	Gardens
Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Several Asteraceae Sap	Several Polygonaceae Sap	Several Ranunculaceae Sap	Several Rosaceae Sap
	Several Rubiaceae Sap	Medicago sativa Sap	Trifolium pratense Sap	Aegopodium podagraria Sap
	Angelica sylvestris Sap	Papaver Sap	Lysimachia vulgaris Sap	Oenothera biennis Sap
	Hypericum perforatum Sap	Lycopus europaeus Sap	Plantago lanceolata Sap	Urtica dioica Sap
	Silene flos-cuculi Sap	Festuca rubra Sap	Carex nigra Sap	Calluna vulgaris Sap
	Acer platanoides Sap	Sambucus nigra Sap	Viburnum opulus Sap	Pteridium aquilinum Sap
Possible Food: (Larva) (Polyphagous)	Achillea Sap	Viola Sap
Predators: (Larva)	Several Crabronidae

British Bugs: Philaenus spumarius Common Froghopper
Nature Spot: Common Froghopper - Philaenus spumarius
InsektenBox: Wiesenschaumzikade
Plant Parasites of Europe: Philaenus spumarius

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