A new take on spittlebug froth

On April 5th at the Riata Trace Pond I noticed various plants with spittlebug froth on them,
including this pink evening primrose, Oenothera speciosa.

© 2020 Steven Schwartzman

Spittlebug on resin bush

My first visit in a good while to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center came on October 25th. During that photo foray I noticed a resin bush (Viguiera stenoloba) with plenty of spittlebug spittle on it. For a closer look, click the excerpt below.

© 2017 Steven Schwartzman

Forms and textures of a browning leaf and yellowing algae along Old Lampasas Trail on March 3

For details of some bubbles in this brew,
Just click below to get a closer view.

© 2016 Steven Schwartzman

Spittlebug spittle

Here’s a picturesque mass of spittlebug spittle at Tejas Camp in Williamson County on June 1 (though I don’t know how many other people would call it picturesque). This has been a common sight around central Texas in the month since then.

© 2015 Steven Schwartzman

A smaller death

After the third round of photographs from New Zealand that concluded yesterday with the imminent demise of a spotted stargazer fish on the Wellington foreshore, here’s a smaller death from the preserve behind the Austin Nature Center on March 23rd. Usually the bubbles I see floating on creeks appear green because of algae, so when I saw bubbles that looked white in the shallow water of Barton Creek I bent down for a closer look. It was then that I noticed the body of a dead ant. You can say it was well camouflaged, but that word usually implies purpose or at least benefit, neither of which applies here.

© 2015 Steven Schwartzman