Willow Spittlebug - Aphrophora salicina

Length 8 to10 mm.  Aphrophora are large froghoppers that all possess a keel on the vertex and front of pronotum, but some species can be difficult to separate. The forewings of this species are uniformly olive green-brown with black puncturation. The ovipositor is aproximately as long as the anal tube. 

Can be identified by external features at 5-10X magnification.

Photos showing key ID features required. 

Associated with willows.

Adult: May to November.

Found in southern England (north to Yorkshire), south Wales, and parts of Ireland, but rather infrequent.

Rare in Leicestershire and Rutland.  The Sapcote record of 25th June 2018 is the first for our area.