| Philaenus spumarius | Meadow Spittlebug | 7902 | 2025-05-12 | | 1 | Adult | https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/280659238; "They emerge in an air pocket created in the foam (spittle mass) by the fifth instar (last stage) nymph. In this case the teneral adult has been exposed in the air pocket. Left on its own, it will darken to assume one of several alternative adult color forms, with no green at all, and will leave the spittle mass. Adults do no make or live in spittle but teneral adults in air pockets sometimes give the false impression that they do."- V. Thompson | Nantahala National Forest, Highlands | | day | | 04_iNaturalist | |
