"foam" on my cigar plant

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barbur Port Lavaca, TX(Zone 9a) May 15, 2005

Something that looks like foam or shaving cream is on my cigar plant. What is it? It's not mealy bugs I know what those nasty things look like.

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) May 16, 2005

oops double post - sorry.

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Night_Bloom Griffin, GA(Zone 8a) May 16, 2005

It could be Cercopidae - spittle bugs. I don' have a picture, but it should be easy enough to find here... http://www.bugwood.org. Just type "spittle bug" in the search box and hit search.

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) May 17, 2005

I'd be willing to bet it's spittle bug.
Wash it away with the hose

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barbur Port Lavaca, TX(Zone 9a) May 18, 2005

Thanks for your help. I don't see any bugs on the plant. But I will spray it with the hose.

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dovey Columbus, OH(Zone 5b) May 18, 2005

Barbur,
The foam you see is kind of like the same thing as a cocoon, it looks like bubbly saliva
ergo the name "spittle bug"
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/christmas/spittlebg.jpeg

Dove

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