Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Your neck of the Woods Part 10 Memorial Day, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Speedie

Those white jumpy things on your hosta bloom stalks are flatid planthopper nympths Pic 1

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/pests/msg06114558429...
"I just noticed this cottony white stuff on a hosta scape and also on a rose stem - both times they are near the flower (or bud) but I don't see them anywhere else. When I flicked the stem, little fuzzies hopped off and then each time I tried to pick one up, it hopped away. Also, when I was taking photographs, they would always go to the opposite side of the stem - smart buggers."

Pic 2 Adults turn into small pale green fliers that often line up on stems
http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2013/1/9/junes-snowfall-plantho...