Froghopper

Froghopper
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
or spittlebug, small, hopping insect of the order Homoptera. The adult, under 1/2 in. (1.2 cm) long in most species, is triangular in shape and usually gray or dull green to brown.

Bush crickets, fleas, and grasshoppers have tremendous leaping abilities, but they are all topped by the froghopper (Philaenus spumarius).

Other than the items mentioned above, pallid bats also eat moths, froghoppers and leafhoppers, June beetles, and grasshoppers. In fact, 54 different types of prey have been documented for the pallid bat.

Common froghopper (Philaenus spumarius)
Green shield bug (Palomena prasina)
Water scorpion (Nepa cinerea)
Harlequin bug (Lygaeus equestris)
Black bean aphid (Aphis fabae)
Water boatman (Notonecta glauca)
Madagascan flatid bug (Phromnia rosea) ...

See also: Bat, Leafhopper, June Beetle, Beetle, Spittlebug