SPIT ON MY ROSEMARY PLANTS? Spittle Bugs!🐛Plant Care

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Are you mystified by white frothy bubbles that look like spit on your rosemary plant? Surprise! Believe it or not, this is a garden bug, commonly known as a “spittlebug!”

The scientific name is Philaenus spumaria. Other names for this spittlebug insect is; meadow spittlebug, (because it is commonly found on alfalfa plants), and cuckoo spit.

The bubbles are just a cover to protect the spittle bug from predators when they are busy eating your rosemary plant, or other plant! Ha ha.

Don’t worry they will not harm you but they may suck the life out of your plants! Watch this short video for tips on how to get rid of this garden pest and spittle bug treatment bu using neem oil!

Garden expert, Shirley Bovshow shares eye-opening plant care information about the spittlebug and how to get rid of this garden pest! it’s a bizarre garden insect that you will never forget!

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