#4004 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Alder Spittlebug
Aphrophora alni
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Niklas · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. © Barry Walter · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Patrick Hacker · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © Kim Falck · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Biopix · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Misia Clive · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Илья Оголь · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © Christophe Quintin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Emanuel Kern · CC BY 4.0
- 10. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Aphrophora alni , the European Alder Spittle Bug , is a species belonging to the family Aphrophoridae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 135 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 13,841 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1805 (221 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Alder Spittlebug
- scientific name
- Aphrophora alni
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Aphrophoridae
- sightings in NL
- 135
- sightings in Europe
- 8,283
- sightings worldwide
- 13,841
- GBIF records in NL
- 3,492
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1805 by Carl Fredrik Fallén
relatives· Aphrophoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 213962, Wikidata Q1355576, GBIF 2016266, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.