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Cabrillo National Monument protects a unique and diverse landscape thriving with life. Follow our science teams into the field and discover the stories of our park’s natural resources and beyond.

Cuckoo-Spit Spittlebug Froghoppers Sighted At Cabrillo National Monument!

November 21, 2019 Posted by: Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Apprentice Violette Anghel

Get to know your friendly neighborhood spittlebugs!  In this field note, we discuss their life cycle, where, how, and why they create their foam houses and the reasoning behind their strange nicknames.

Spittle, Spittlebug, bubbles, nymph, Froghopper, Aphid, Cycads, sap, protection, Aphrophoridae, Cuckoo, Spit, Cuckoo Spit Beetle, Ranger Melonie (Lonie) Brown