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Old April 23, 2017   #1
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Default Snake Spit

Yesterday, I was out where my brother was picking dewberries. I noticed a lot of what I grew up calling snake spit or frog spit on the plants. I knew a long time ago that it was an insect leaving the spit/foam looking stuff on the plants. My brother made a comment that there must be a lot of snakes here this year.

So I had to look up the name of the bug - it's called a spittlebug. Here's some info including how to kill them if you choose to do so https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/pla...ug-control.htm

A link to what spittlebugs look like https://www.google.com/search?q=spit...dpr=1.25#spf=1

I'm sure there are a lot of made up names and myths about what things really are.
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Old April 23, 2017   #2
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Someone told me it was copperhead slobbers.

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Old April 23, 2017   #3
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Funny I grew up hearing the same tale.
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There are alot of those "common" names out there : Snake flower, Horse nettle, Horseradish, dogwood, cat's tail, Foxglove...
I don't know which insect (s) do that spitting but I think they do that to protect their eggs. Some insect do something like thick spider web. Some even make something like that with mud.
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Yuck, I've never seen anything like it before.
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I have always just known it as spittle bug. It looks like a leaf hopper covered in spit. I was a curious kid.
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Saw some copperhead slobbers the other day pulling weeds.

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