Who’s Been Spitting on My Plants?
Who’s Been Spitting on My Plants?
CAROL SHIRK
CERTIFIED MASTER GARDENER
Carol Shirk
Have you seen frothy white spit-like masses on your plants this spring? The aptly named spittlebug makes these deposits after creating a spittle-like secretion by combining air with excess fluid secretions from the sap they consume. Notably, however, it isn’t really spittle – it comes out the other