Spittlebugs may facilitate a plant-arthropod community
October 15, 2016
Spittlebugs (Clastoptera sp.) produce frothy wastes that are slurped up by predatory insects, such as this wasp and lady beetle. During my time at the Carrizo Plain, CA, I made some novel observations of predatory insects consuming the waste products of spittlebugs. As depicted above, spittlebugs produce masses of bubbles from liquid wastes resulting … More Spittlebugs may facilitate a plant-arthropod community
