Chaetophyes compacta (Tube spittlebug)


Family Clastopteridae (or Machaerotidae). Immatures construct and live inside elongate, conical calcareous tubes attached to thin eucalypt stems. Adults are free-living and will actively jump and fly.


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Adult
Adult male
Nymph stage

Regional distribution

Chaetophyes compacta is listed in the following regions:

829,267 sightings of 23,541 species from 15,228 members
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