Nymphal tubes of tube spittlebug
Caution
Many of the insects depicted on these pages are outwardly similar and you should not use photographs as the sole means of identification. These pages form part of a scientific key which will assist a trained entomologist to identify the species accurately.
Nymphs live in calcareous tubes attached to the stems of food plants. These straight forms are typical of species in the tribe Enderleiniini while species in the Hindoloidini have spiral tubes (see photos here)