I found this unfortunate creature face-down in our pond at the weekend. It had me stumped for a while, but the wing cases and blunt nose got me thinking about froghoppers. I can't find any photos of froghoppers with wings akimbo like this, but am I on the right lines?
Cheers,
Tom.
Swimming Bug?
-
- Posts: 809
- Joined: Thu Jul 31, 2008 9:15 am
- Location: Runcorn, Cheshire
- Contact:
Re: Swimming Bug?
Definitely a planthopper Tom.
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha within the Hemiptera
Hard to identify it from the photograph but it looks like it may be the commonest of our 'hoppers' - the one whose nymphal stage causes 'Cuckoo Spit' on low plants - this the Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius).
See over at: http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera ... arius.html
Steve.
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha within the Hemiptera
Hard to identify it from the photograph but it looks like it may be the commonest of our 'hoppers' - the one whose nymphal stage causes 'Cuckoo Spit' on low plants - this the Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius).
See over at: http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/homoptera ... arius.html
Steve.
Re: Swimming Bug?
Many thanks Steve.
According to 'British Bugs' this is "A spectacularly variable species, with many dramatically different colour forms." so I guess this is another one, also from my garden, (see attached). The holly leaf gives it some scale.
Cheers,
Tom.
According to 'British Bugs' this is "A spectacularly variable species, with many dramatically different colour forms." so I guess this is another one, also from my garden, (see attached). The holly leaf gives it some scale.
Cheers,
Tom.