aterToday for #MarshMadness I've painted a salt marsh spittlebug, Philaenarcys spartina, and its host plant cordgrass (Spartina sp). Spittlebugs are named for the protective mass of bubbles their larvae produce from excreted sap.
Today for #MarshMadness I've painted a salt marsh spittlebug, Philaenarcys spartina, and its host plant cordgrass (Spartina sp). Spittlebugs are named for the protective mass of bubbles their larvae produce from excreted sap.