Weirdo bug

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    Can anyone identify this little weirdo? it was about 10mm long.
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      frog hopper Cercopoidea , in the spring summer when you a see a plant with bubbles of spit on the leaves thats whats inside but it has changed now and doesn't need the protective frothy bubbles
       
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        That must be why we used to call it frogspit when we were kids.
         
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          I thought it was cuckoo spit?
           
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            it does have different names across the UK
             
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