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Four-spotted Spittlebug

Aphrophora quadrinotata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Illinois.January 5, February 6, March 8, April 16, May 25, June 10, July 8, August 8, September 10, October 8, November 5, December 5.
United States760
Illinois114
Canada83
North Carolina76
Ontario72
Tennessee60
Missouri55
Pennsylvania41
Michigan37
Alabama34

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyTrue Spittlebugs · Aphrophoridae
GenusAphrophora

Sources

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Practise Four-spotted Spittlebug with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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