| CUCKOO-SPIT (FROGHOPPERS) how cuckoo-spit is made. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6560 |
| Catalog #: | 487881 | |
| Clip Number: | 487881-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | DOCUMENTARIES | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:43 - 01:08:27 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/GENERAL: Behavior, Mating & Reproduction ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE: Insect, Froghoppers ( Spittlebug, Cuckoo Spit ) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | "Out of the bubbles: The froghopper sheds its skin." It leaves cuckoo-spit when it is ready to change from a nymph to a froghopper. It sheds its skin - shown with time lapse photography. Its wings slowly expand. Its power to jump has developed. Cuckoo-spit shown on foxgloves, the froghopper that chooses this plant is different. This type of froghopper changes inside the bubbles rather than on the stem of the plant. We see this process. A stick pokes at the bubbles to expose the insect inside. Nymph shedding its skin. A stick breaks open the foam and a mature insect can be seen inside. Mature adult froghopper sitting on grass. | |
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