Usually means: Insects that produce protective foam.
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  1. spittle insect: Merriam-Webster
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  4. spittle-insect, spittle insect: Wordnik
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▸ noun:  small leaping herbivorous insect that lives in a mass of protective froth which it and its larvae secrete


Opposite:
non-spittle insect, non-foaming insect

Types:
aphid, cicada, hopper, locust, more...

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Opposite:
non-spittle insect, non-foaming insect

Types:
aphid, cicada, hopper, locust, more...




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