Spit in your Eye.

[bandit 1]

Hiya All,

Found this Frog Hopper Nymph on the move yesterday, only the second time I've ever seen one on the go :D

Cheers for now
Mark

[bandit 1]

going into hidding :)

[LordV]

Excellent captures Mark :)
Brian V.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Brian,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,
Hope your weather is better than ours? tiz absolutely, well raining hard:lol: & set for the w'kend:(

Cheers for now
Mark

[johnkermit1]

nice shots...took me a minute to get the title...brains a bit slow on this friday,,.,..lol

[bandit 1]

Hiya JK,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments, hell your lucky my brains like that all the time these days :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark

[johnkermit1]

LOL! :-)

[Mick Emmett]

Nice capture Mark, I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for one of those. Plenty of spit around here but not much in it :confused:

[racketman]

Froghopper - surely you mean Spittle Bug? Nice shots either way.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Mick, Toby,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,

Mick,
If there's ' Spit' then there's something in those bubbles, The nymphs suck up the sap & the unused excess is then emitted out of their rear end producing the bubbles, a bit like farting in the bath I guess, sorry I couldn't resit that :lol::lol:

Toby,

As far as I can make out there are about 23,000 species of spittle bugs & this one sure looks like the Frog Hopper to me

http://www.uksafari.com/froghopper3.htm

Cheers for now
Mark

[skylab]

Super shots Mark. Damn small things.

[LindaB]

Oooh, first shot is absolutely brilliant Mark - really great shooting there. Weird little things arent they.

Linda

[alliec]

First shots great, nice and sharp. Excellent find and shots.

[racketman]

interesting, my book has Froghoppers and Spittle bugs as two different families namely Cercopidae and Aphrophoridae with no mention of the former using this concealing technique. However from Googling I learn both families and the Clastopteridae have this nymphal feature and indeed were originally classified under the same superfamily.
Only adult Froghopper i've shot is this species Philaenus spumarius:
http://www.pbase.com/racketman/image/80974187/medium.jpg

[Bald Eagle]

Excellent work Mark, very sharp.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Skylab, Linda, Toby, Alistair, Toby, BE,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,

Linda,

Tiz about time I got a half decent shot eh:D I know a bad workman blames his tools but since I bust those bones my shooting has gone to pot:rolleyes::lol:

Toby,

Tiz a funny ol world eh, much easier to stick to common names, Spittle Bug will do for me:lol:nice shot btw, if it should stop raining here I'll try getting a shot of the Adult

Thanks all:D

Cheers for now
Mark

[dpastern]

Oi you bugger, answer the fone :P

Dave

[drkrishi]

Excellent shots :) and a great find ;)

[bandit 1]

Hiya Krishna,

Many thanks for your kind words & comments,


Dave,
Done :D!!! great to have a yap :lol:

Cheers for now
Mark