Ghumakkar's Diary

Have always been wondering what this spit thing all around on the bushes, generally near the joint of the branches or leaves. Unable to get an answer ( and never realizing about Google'ing it ), I stopped taking pictures and perhaps started deleting whatever I had. SpittleBug - Shot at Matheran in 2010 Then few days back, I came across DesiTraveller's blog post on something called Spittle Bug ! Woot! It's something like a larvae secreting some foam (or spitting) around it as a protective cover. To know more about these Cercopidae Family bugs, you should visit here . [REBLOGed]  Spittlebug: The Soap Foam Bug A few days ago I wrote about our visit to the  Nature farm  where they grow organic food and do not use any chemical pesticides. While walking on the farm I noticed a small foam kind of thing on one of the plants. It was as if somebody was washing clothes and dropped some soapy foam there at best or somebody had spit at worst.  As it was jus...