Nature Notes: Bubbly froth protects juvenile froghopper

December 27 2018 - 4:30pm
PROTECTION: 'Cuckoo spit' is more common on wattles than bottlebrushes.
PROTECTION: 'Cuckoo spit' is more common on wattles than bottlebrushes.

This foam has appeared on my bottlebrushes, and only on the bottlebrushes – it is not on any other plant in the garden. Is it some sort of egg receptacle?

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