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Spittle Bugs

Photos by Steve Mayer, Marion County Extension Educator

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Spittle Bug Nymph	Spittle Bug Nymph and Penny	Spittle Bug Nymphs


Spittle Mass		Spittle Bug Nymphs

The spittle mass is from one of the shrubby dogwoods, perhaps gray dogwood, and the rest of the photos are from the shrubby variegated red twig dogwood. No damage was evident. Photos were taken in Indianapolis on May 25, 2001.

For more information on spittle bugs:

Spittle Bugs from Michigan State University Extension
Lab 6: Wax Producers, Honeydew Producers and Galls Makers from the Landscape Entomology Class Notes of Cliff Sadof
Garden Pests (PDF 95K) from Entomology Department, Purdue University

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