{"id":4087,"date":"2018-06-01T20:23:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=4087"},"modified":"2018-06-01T20:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:23:09","slug":"30-days-wild-2018-day-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/30-days-wild-2018-day-01\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days Wild 2018 – Day 01"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone has seen cuckoo spit but I don\u2019t think everyone always knows what it is! I knew that the \u2018spit\u2019 contains the nymph of a common froghopper (Philaenus spumarius<\/em>) but other than that I knew little else.  \u2018Cuckoo spit\u2019 can be seen in May and June so it\u2019s a perfect time to go out to see if you can find some \ud83d\ude42 The nymphs feed by sucking sap from the food plant, these are generally herbaceous plants such as thistles; today I have seen them on lavender and brambles.  According to my reading the adults are first seen in late June and in greatest abundance in July.  However, we are not very likely to see an adult! They are 6mm long but disappear as soon as they are disturbed \u2013 they can jump 70cm in one bound!<\/p>\n

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