Aphrophora alni (Fallén 1805) (Family Aphrophoridae)


Nymph with Spittle

Length: 6-8mm
Egg Nymph Imago
Winter (Earliest: 26.6) June - October
(Earliest: 4.8)

Habitat:
Hedge Rows

Meadows

Wet Forest
Food:
(Nymph)
(Polyphagous)

Filipendula ulmaria Sap

Rubus fruticosus Sap

Ranunculus flammula Sap

Other Ranunculaceae Sap

Cirsium palustre Sap

Hieracium umbellatum Sap

Several Fabaceae Sap

Alnus glutinosa Sap

Betula pubescens Sap

Salix caprea Sap

Pteridium aquilinum Sap
Food:
(Adult)

Alnus glutinosa

Salix aurita Sap
Predators:
Argogorytes mystaceus

British Bugs: Aphrophora alni
Insektenbox: Erlenschaumzikade


Pictures © 2003, 2006 J.K. Lindsey

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