This is a public-interest archive. Personal data is pseudonymized and retained under GDPR Article 89.

Re: foamy stuff on my plants

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

----Original Message-----
From: Al782@aol.com <Al782@aol.com>
To: sqftlist <sqft@listbot.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 9:45 PM
Subject: foamy stuff on my plants


>
>I just discovered little patches of foamy stuff on leaves and stocks of
>plants.  I resembles(if you'll pardon the expression)spittle.  Does anyone
>know what it is and or how to get rid of it and the critter that created
it?
> ...

Sounds like spittle bugs (Order: Homoptera - Family: Cercopidae).  Scads of
information about them on-line.  Try any of the search engines.  Greenish
green bugs (nymphs) are hiding inside spit from the sun and preying insects.
Adult stage is a tan, brown or black, 1/4-inch froghopper.  s (6 mm). They
feed during the summer and lay eggs in dry grass, weeds or stubble before
fall.  Water spray will knock bugs off plants.  Nice description at
http://www.laters.com/insects/spitbugs.htm.  -Olin


______________________________________________________________________
To unsubscribe, write to sqft-unsubscribe@listbot.com
Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index