Ever since I was a little boy, I have seen the froth of spittlebugs on plants, but I had never taken the time to search through the froth to see what was inside. Last Sunday, I took a leisurely walk ...

Spittlebugs are the color of a new spring leaf, their bodies both tiny and so fat that you hardly notice their six miniature legs underneath. This plumpness makes them an appetizing snack for various ...

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how a spittlebug got its name. Robert Brown sent this photo of a spittlebug nest on a goldenrod stem. The nest that looks like foamy spit, surely is an ...

Question: I have a white foamy substance on the stems of my arborvitae. I don't see any bugs crawling around, but it is very ugly. Do I need to spray something? Answer: What it sounds like is an ...

The solstice, the beginning of summer, is upon us. This year, the day of longest daylight is June 21. With sunrise approaching 5 a.m. and sunset after 9 p.m., daylight equals nearly sixteen hours. The ...

If you can remember back to our so-called summer, you may remember seeing little clots of whitish bubbles on some of the vegetation. Those bubble masses are made by young spittlebugs, known as nymphs.

Every spring when I go into the garden to pick flowers, my fingers touch something slimy. It's spittlebug season. For years I wondered what that goo was -- I knew it was caused by an insect but had ...

Lickety-split, insects called froghoppers can leap a distance of 100 times their body length. Now, scientists have found the bugs' secret: They sport bow-like structures that work like catapults.

Insects thrive during the warmth of summer, and many are conspicuous and familiar. Myriad species of flies and ants plague our outdoor activities, hornets terrorize us, and fireflies and butterflies ...

At the mouth of Cowee Creek, sometime in mid-June, we’d found a vigilant pair of black oystercatchers, presumably with a nest nearby. A couple of weeks later, a small group of hikers stopped at the ...

Entomologists at Washington State University are sharing news of an insect with several unique characteristics that might just show up in your garden this summer. The spittlebug, or Philaenus ...