Spittlebugs are known for the frothy spittle mass they produce while feeding on plants. Spittlebug nymphs pierce the plant stems and suck plant juices. They feed on a variety of plants like ornamental ...

Have you ever been walking in your garden and noticed what appears to be bubbles on your plants? It may appear as if the plants are salivating, but these bubbles do not come from the plants — they ...

The twolined spittlebug sucks nutrient-rich juices from grass leaves and roots, and in highly infested areas has caused nearly 100% die-back of certain grasses important to livestock, said Mark Thorne ...

Every spring when I go into the garden to pick flowers, my fingers touch something slimy. It's spittlebug season. For years I wondered what that goo was -- I knew it was caused by an insect but had ...

In 2016, a rancher on Hawaii island saw a large swath of his green pastures quickly turn brown. Surveys revealed a new invasive pest and even more damage: the two-lined spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta) ...

Meadow Spittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it top disease carrier for plants New study finds that the meadow spittlebug can feed on more than 1,300 plants, revealing scope of its capacity to ...

KONA — A new insect arrival is threatening West Hawaii’s pasturelands. ADVERTISING KONA — A new insect arrival is threatening West Hawaii’s pasturelands. Two ranches in Kona have suffered damage from ...

Animals have some wacky ways of protecting themselves from predators, but one bug's defense mechanism is up there with the most ingenious—and grossest. The European alder spittlebug, a tiny winged ...

Q: Many plants in my perennial bed recently have been covered in a white, foam-like substance in the morning. I also have seen this substance on some creeping junipers and even in the lawn. At first, ...

Citizen scientists have provided a wealth of new data on a curious insect that makes blobs of spittle on plants. More than 11,000 sightings of the spittlebug, or froghopper, have been recorded across ...

LAREDO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at Laredo Port of Entry discovered a significant rare pest over the weekend, a first in the nation interception ...