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leaping plant-bug, of the family Cercopidae,
in the same order (Homoptera) as leafhoppers
and aphids. Froghoppers live by sucking the
juice from plants. The pale green larvae
protect themselves (from drying out and from
predators) by secreting froth (`cuckoo spit`)
from their anuses.