It is used routinely in Brazil to control spittlebugs on alfalfa or sugarcane, and one variety is now being applied widely in Africa against locusts and grasshoppers.
The froghopper is also known as the spittlebug.
The tiny spittlebug, or froghopper, leaped into the scientific spotlight in a July 2003 issue of the journal Nature.
Philaenus spumarius, more commonly known as the spittlebug, is an abundant insect in the summer in the UK.
The expectorating nymph is better known as a spittlebug.
Definition of spittlebug in US English:
spittlebug
nounˈspidlˌbəɡ
another term for froghopper
Example sentencesExamples
It is used routinely in Brazil to control spittlebugs on alfalfa or sugarcane, and one variety is now being applied widely in Africa against locusts and grasshoppers.
The expectorating nymph is better known as a spittlebug.
Philaenus spumarius, more commonly known as the spittlebug, is an abundant insect in the summer in the UK.
The tiny spittlebug, or froghopper, leaped into the scientific spotlight in a July 2003 issue of the journal Nature.