CLOSED: CLOSED: CLOSED: Probably belonging to the Cercopidae family ?

bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2008

I found this one in the garden on a Saxifraga leaf a couple of weeks ago.
When disturbed it jumps amazingly far. I think it's cute! The size is about 6mm.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2008

another one in the same family, I thought perhaps Philaenus spumarius..

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wallaby1 Lincoln, United Kingdom(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2008

The second one does look like the Spittle Bug, Philaenus spumarius.

http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Bugs/SuBugs/Philaenus.spumarius.html

But there are others which look similar too!

http://popgen.unimaas.nl/~jlindsey/commanster/Insects/Bugs/Aphrophoridae.html

The first one is very cute but I have no idea what it is! A Leafhopper I would think if it jumps.

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bonitin Gent, Belgium(Zone 8a) Jun 16, 2008

Thank you wallaby!
Though there are others with great similarity like specially Aphrophora alni, which is described in my book as having a middle keel on the pronotum which mine lacks. I think I'll conclude it's the common spittlebug.

And I am confident I have found the ID of the first one, hurray!!
It is Issus coleoptratus fam.:Issidae

http://www.soortenbank.nl/soorten.php?soortengroep=insecten&id=396