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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At top, cows walk through Big Island ranchland that has been overtaken by invasive grass and weeds after spittlebugs ...

new video loaded: How the Spittlebug Builds Its Bubbly Fortress transcript Spittlebugs feed on plant sap and then excrete bubbly foam to create a protective fortress around themselves. Later, they ...

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) ...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how a spittlebug got its name. Robert Brown sent this photo of a spittlebug nest on a goldenrod stem. The nest that looks like foamy spit, surely is an ...

"Meadow Spittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it top disease carrier for plants." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 10 / 231004150457.htm (accessed January 29, 2026).

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spittlebugs are known for the frothy spittle mass they produce while feeding on plants. Spittlebug nymphs pierce the plant stems ...

Nov. 19—Preventing the destructive twolined spittlebug from devastating more crucial rangeland in the islands is the purpose of a new smartphone app developed by specialists at the University of ...