pine spittlebug

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• pine spittlebug — noun North American insect that attacks pines • Hypernyms: ↑spittle insect, ↑spittlebug • Member Holonyms: ↑Aphrophora, ↑genus Aphrophora * * * noun : a cercopid bug of the genus Aphrophora that attacks pines in m …   Useful english dictionary

• spittlebug — noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete • Syn: ↑spittle insect • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑froghopper, ↑meadow spittlebug, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• spittle insect — noun small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete • Syn: ↑spittlebug • Hypernyms: ↑homopterous insect, ↑homopteran • Hyponyms: ↑froghopper, ↑meadow spittlebug, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Aphrophora — noun a genus of Cercopidae • Syn: ↑genus Aphrophora • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cercopidae, ↑family Cercopidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• genus Aphrophora — noun a genus of Cercopidae • Syn: ↑Aphrophora • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cercopidae, ↑family Cercopidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• froghopper — /frog hop euhr, frawg /, n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cercopidae, which in the immature stages live in a spittlelike secretion on plants. Also called spittle insect, spittlebug. [1705 15; FROG1 + HOPPER] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

• homopteran — /heuh mop teuhr euhn, hoh /, adj. 1. homopterous. n. 2. a homopterous insect. [1835 45; see HOMOPTEROUS, AN] * * * ▪ insect order Introduction   any of more than 32,000 species of sucking insects, the members of which exhibit considerable… …   Universalium

• On Nature's Trail — was a television show produced by the Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting in Owings Mills, Maryland in 1978. The show featured Elmer and Jean Worthley observing and discussing plants growing at different locations in Baltimore County,… …   Wikipedia

• Aphid — This article is about the insect. For other uses, see Aphid (disambiguation). Aphids Temporal range: Permian–Present …   Wikipedia