Taxonomy
Kingdom:	Phylum:	Class:	Order:	Family:	Genus:	Species:
Animalia	Arthropoda	Insecta	Hemiptera	Cercopidae	Cercopis	C. vulnerata

Other names for this cicade are: Black-and-Red Froghopper, Red and Black Froghopper, Black and Red Leafhopper, Red and Black Leafhopper.

The Black and Red Froghopper spends its youth in a moist blob. The larva feed on roots of plants and not on leaves or stems. Therefore the larvae are difficult to detect. There are a number of closely related and black and red hoppers showing very similar features so it is often difficult to exactly indentify. The male is approximately 9Ð10 millimetres in length and the female circa 8-10 millimetres.



The Black and Red Froghopper is also known as the Red and Black Froghopper, the Black and Red Leafhopper and the Red and Black Leafhopper.It lives in various wooded and open habitats, grassland, meadows.