Common Raintree Spittlebug (Ptyelus grossus)

About Common Raintree Spittlebug (Ptyelus grossus)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: True Bugs
• Family: True Spittlebugs

Ptyelus grossus is an Auchenorrhynchan spittlebug in the family Aphrophoridae. Occurring from Southern Africa through to West Africa, the species is gregarious in its larval and nymph stages, feeding on a variety of plants, and producing protective shelters of acrid foam from their host plant's sap. Excreted in large quantities, the foam drips incessantly causing wet patches on the soil below.

Source: Wikipedia