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Order
Hemiptera
- This page contains pictures and information about Tube Spittlebugs that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland,
Australia.
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 - Tube Spittlebug Nymph
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- Insects in this group are commonly known as Tube Spittlebugs. Their nymphs build and
live in calcareous tubes attached to stems of food plants. The nymphs
immersed in their liquid excretions. Their host plants are usually Eucalypts. Adults are usually greenish- yellow or black in colours.
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- Tube Spittlebug Nymph
 - ? sp., Enderleiniini, tube length 12mm
 - Nymphs live in tubes attached to stem of Eucalypts.
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- Reference:
- 1. The Leafhoppers and Froghoppers of Australia and New Zealand (Homoptera: Cicadelloidea and Cercopoid
- by J. W. Evans, Australian Museum, 1966, p325.
- 2. Tube Spittlebugs (Clastopteridae: Machaerotinae)
- Fletcher, M.J. (2009 and updates). Identification keys and checklists for the leafhoppers, planthoppers and their relatives occurring in Australia and neighbouring areas (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha).
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