Spittle bug, or Froghopper nymph. These insects are usually concealed in frothed up plant sap resembling spit. However, this Amazonian example was fou

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Spittle bug, or Froghopper nymph. These insects are usually concealed in frothed up plant sap resembling spit. However, this Amazonian example was found in transparent slime. Photographed in the Rio Bigal Reserve in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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