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Foamy stuff on plants
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Posted by mikey SoCal-Z10-22/23 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 14, 09 at 14:48
| I just noticed that my Coreopsis tinctoria has several of these foamy ball-like things on several branches. It's moist, kind of like a watery shave cream. What is causing it?
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RE: Foamy stuff on plants
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- Posted by jean001 z8aPortland, OR (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 14, 09 at 23:16
RE: Foamy stuff on plants
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If that looks like and feels like spit they are spittlesbugs, the larva of a leafhopper. Sometimes simply hosing the plant will get rid of both since washing the spit, that is a cover for the larva, can expose them to predators or might cause the larva to dehydrate and die.
As a rule spittlebugs do not harm the plants. |
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