Lukas VFN 🇪🇺#MeadowSpittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it a top #disease carrier for plants
https://phys.org/news/2023-10-meadow-spittlebug-record-breaking-diet-disease.html
The most polyphagous insect #herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, #Philaenus spumarius https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
"New #research fueled in part by #CitizenScientists reveals that the meadow #spittlebug—known for the foamy, spit-like urine released by its nymphs—can feed on at least 1,300 species of host #plants, more than twice the number of any other #insect."
Meadow spittlebug's record-breaking diet also makes it a top disease carrier for plants
New research fueled in part by citizen scientists reveals that the meadow spittlebug—known for the foamy, spit-like urine released by its nymphs—can feed on at least 1,300 species of host plants, more than twice the number of any other insect.
John Reed Pavan