What is this? I hope they eat eggs & baby inchworms!

[trichomes]

what next? I found this today, it can hop a foot like a cricket, jumps with lightening speed, PLEASE help identify, I'll start looking online. about 3/16" -1 /4" long at the most. what is it? will it eat baby inchworms? for help with size, you will see it has been harpooned with a sewing needle, cheers

 

[Richard Richardson]

Re: OMG! WTF is this? I hope they eat eggs & baby inchworms!

It looks like a Froghopper

No danger apart from Larvae suck sap to make bubbles.

Ever seen a spittlebug? That's the larvae.

They bite little holes and suck some sap to make a protective foam.

That's all they do.

they make microscopic holes in apical meristems shortly after differentiation

They turn growing tips holey, but it's harmless.and so are they.

Froghopper - Wikipedia

 

[trichomes]

Re: OMG! WTF is this? I hope they eat eggs & baby inchworms!

Thanks R, you must have a 4 year degree, would you please translate your quote here, for us uneducated folk! lol, thanks again! " apical meristems shortly after differentiation " I do remember spittle bugs from when I was little,

It looks like a Froghopper

No danger apart from Larvae suck sap to make bubbles.

Ever seen a spittlebug? That's the larvae.

They bite little holes and suck some sap to make a protective foam.

That's all they do.

they make microscopic holes in apical meristems shortly after differentiation

They turn growing tips holey, but it's harmless.and so are they.

Froghopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Richard Richardson]

A meristem is the bit that grows.

The Apical meristem is what becomes a growing tip and eventually a bud

It's like a stem cell. Undifferentiated, i.e. it can become any kind of cell.

When a meristem-cell becomes a certain type of cell, it has differentiated.

Spittlebugs bite tiny holes in the growing tip when it's really small,

so when it grows out, you see little holes in the new leaves.

Looks like caterpillars, but it's not.

The new growth is perfect, but the holes grow bigger with the affected leaves.

They are still healthy, just closer to God (holy)

The Adults also suck a lil' sap, but not like aphids (which they eat)

I like them and just wash off the spittle and larvae with clean water in a spray-bottle.

I've only had them outside in the greenhouse.

Hope that helped

 

[trichomes]

A meristem is the bit that grows.

The Apical meristem is what becomes a growing tip and eventually a bud

It's like a stem cell. Undifferentiated, i.e. it can become any kind of cell.

When a meristem-cell becomes a certain type of cell, it has differentiated.

Spittlebugs bite tiny holes in the growing tip when it's really small,

so when it grows out, you see little holes in the new leaves.

Looks like caterpillars, but it's not.

The new growth is perfect, but the holes grow bigger with the affected leaves.

They are still healthy, just closer to God (holy)

The Adults also suck a lil' sap, but not like aphids (which they eat)

I like them and just wash off the spittle and larvae with clean water in a spray-bottle.

I've only had them outside in the greenhouse.

Hope that helped

lol, my bad & thank you, I never look at my old threads, thank you visiting my new journal!