Tube Spittlebug -female (Chaetophyes compacta)

A female tube spittle bug about 5 mm long. It had a lime green head and thorax and deep brown tented-up wings and legs. A spittle tube with an open free end can be seen at the axil of the leaf . This tube is calcareous and made by the spittlebug nymph which remains immersed in the fluid filled tube. The nymph is thus protected from predation and dehydration. The nymphs feed on plant sap.