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Froghoppers and leafhoppers

green leaf-hoppercuckoo-spit insectCixius nervosus (a lacehopper)black & red froghopperTop l to r: black & red froghopper, Cixius nervosus (a lacehopper); bottom l to r: cuckoo-spit insect, green leaf-hopper
Top l to r: black & red froghopper, Cixius nervosus (a lacehopper); bottom l to r: cuckoo-spit insect, green leaf-hopperTop l to r: black & red froghopper, Cixius nervosus (a lacehopper); bottom l to r: cuckoo-spit insect, green leaf-hopper
© Top (both images): Roger Key/English Nature; bottom l to r: Bob Gibbons, Roger Key/English Nature

The common froghopper nymph or spittle-bug feeds on sap from plant shoots. Leafhoppers do little damage to plants in Britain. Most small birds may take these species.

Predators

Blackcap, Blue tit, Chiffchaff, Coal tit, Common wasp, Garden warbler, Goldcrest, Long-tailed tit, Oak bush-cricket, Red ant, Siskin, Spotted flycatcher, Whitethroat, Willow warbler

Froghoppers and leafhoppers

Black & red froghopper, Cixius nervosus, Cuckoo-spit insect, Eupelix cuspidata, Green leaf-hopper