Ever since I was a little boy, I have seen the froth of spittlebugs on plants, but I had never taken the time to search through the froth to see what was inside. Last Sunday, I took a leisurely walk ...

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 ...

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 ...

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If you can remember back to our so-called summer, you may remember seeing little clots of whitish bubbles on some of the vegetation. Those bubble masses are made by young spittlebugs, known as nymphs.

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 ...

Lickety-split, insects called froghoppers can leap a distance of 100 times their body length. Now, scientists have found the bugs' secret: They sport bow-like structures that work like catapults.

The solstice, the beginning of summer, is upon us. This year, the day of longest daylight is June 21. With sunrise approaching 5 a.m. and sunset after 9 p.m., daylight equals nearly sixteen hours. The ...

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 ...

Entomologists at Washington State University are sharing news of an insect with several unique characteristics that might just show up in your garden this summer. The spittlebug, or Philaenus ...