#3998 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
Meadow Spittlebug
🇳🇱 Schuimcicade ·Philaenus spumarius
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in the Netherlands
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Nash Turley · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Matthew Vosper · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Thomas Barbin · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © bsteer · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © Annika Lindqvist · CC BY 4.0
- 6. © Irene · CC0
- 7. © Cricket Raspet · CC BY 4.0
what is it?
Philaenus spumarius , the " meadow froghopper " or " meadow spittlebug ", 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 150 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 46,844 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Meadow Spittlebug
- Nederlands
- Schuimcicade
- scientific name
- Philaenus spumarius
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Aphrophoridae
- sightings in NL
- 150
- sightings in Europe
- 9,921
- sightings worldwide
- 46,844
- GBIF records in NL
- 5,676
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Aphrophoridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 56189, Wikidata Q1550927, GBIF 2016038, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.