Young spittlebugs feed by sucking juice from plants. Some of this juice passes through their bodies and oozes as bubbles from openings on their bodies. The bubbles don't burst easily, so they quickly pile up. Sometimes these young spittlebugs are completely covered with bubbles.
Greedy bugs
Greedy bugs A team of researchers has come up with a new
method of cleaning up land contaminated with chlorinated pesticides
such as DDT. The contaminated soil is mixed with organic waste,
which contains bacteria that break down the harmful substances as
they break down the organic waste. This new method is both less
expensive and more environmentally friendly than previous
methods. 8 MAY 1999, P. 6
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