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the bug that out-jumps fleas and laughs at gravity like it's optional.
means A small plant-sucking insect of the superfamily Cercopoidea, famous for its extraordinary leaping ability and whose nymphs hide inside frothy spittle they produce on plant stems.
from A plain English compound, frog + hopper, both ancient native words: "frog" from Old English frogga, and "hop" from Old English hoppian, "to leap." The name simply marks the creature out as the little jumper that springs about like a tiny frog. It shares its froth-blowing youth with the alternative name "spittlebug," though as an adult it earns the "hopper" half outright.
- g-force
- Accelerates at over 400 g during launch
- jump height
- Leaps 70 times its own body length
- spit nest
- Nymphs hide inside frothy bubble homes
- launch power
- Catapult legs store energy like a crossbow
- crop pest
- Spreads plant disease across farms worldwide
philaenus spumarius — common froghopper species found across europe and north america, can jump 70 times its body length
cercopidae family — the froghopper family with over 2,500 species worldwide, known for producing cuckoo spit on plants