tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post115831857401458716..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Friday Puzzler ... A Sticky SituationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158440932588836942006-09-16T16:08:00.000-05:002006-09-16T16:08:00.000-05:00Wayne,Me neither, it's the drippiness from being h...Wayne,<BR/>Me neither, it's the drippiness from being horizontal that makes it look odd.<BR/>To me.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158430073107844092006-09-16T13:07:00.000-05:002006-09-16T13:07:00.000-05:00Well, it's really cheap of me to come in at this p...Well, it's really cheap of me to come in at this point and say "spittlebug", of course!!! But there you have it.<BR/><BR/>(I have to admit I've never seen any spittlebug stuff that looks quite like that!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158378477204528192006-09-15T22:47:00.000-05:002006-09-15T22:47:00.000-05:00kathy a,I'm not sure how long it takes to bubble u...kathy a,<BR/>I'm not sure how long it takes to bubble up all of this, but I have a feeling it's pretty quick. Otherwise it would not be a very good defense.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158372509432180242006-09-15T21:08:00.000-05:002006-09-15T21:08:00.000-05:00i was going to ask what a spittlebug is, but i gue...i was going to ask what a spittlebug is, but i guess that is self-explanatory. we don't get them here. how does the little bugger get so much spit in him, anyway?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158368576343379942006-09-15T20:02:00.000-05:002006-09-15T20:02:00.000-05:00To All,I didn't pick the goo apart, but I go with ...To All,<BR/>I didn't pick the goo apart, but I go with spittle bug also. I've just never run across one up high in a vine like that. Pretty clever defense ... works for me.<BR/><BR/><BR/>ThunderD,<BR/>How's Europa going?<BR/><BR/>Lightnin,<BR/>Good one or maybe a mastiff like Tom Hanks had in that movie.<BR/><BR/>rm,<BR/>See, the farm girl got it!<BR/><BR/>Rick,<BR/>My deer only drool over my garden. Hey what's the shrimp report?<BR/><BR/>Robin,<BR/>Not giant, but very busy.<BR/><BR/>H ick,<BR/>Yup, overdrive engaged.<BR/><BR/>ThreeCollie,<BR/>All our bugs seem bigger ...<BR/><BR/>Mrs. S,<BR/>Probably the same bug or a spittin image of the one you have :)<BR/><BR/>Laura,<BR/>Me too. Confederate Jasmine gives off a sticky white sap, but it's not foamy like this. You probably have spittle bugs in your lawn somewhere.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thing,<BR/>I'm sure that's what this is. I guess I should have fished him out for a macro.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hurricane Teen, <BR/>Next time you find one, just poke around in it a little to find a little dark bug.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Likes2mtnbike,<BR/>Soylent white I believe. I loved that movie.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Hoss,<BR/>YOU just crush them ...R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158365817096210132006-09-15T19:16:00.000-05:002006-09-15T19:16:00.000-05:00Spittlebugs. You just crush them with your finger...Spittlebugs. You just crush them with your fingers and they go away.OldHorsetailSnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00865830344885164689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158360741329762272006-09-15T17:52:00.000-05:002006-09-15T17:52:00.000-05:00Soylent green? Dog drool? That stuff from Somethin...Soylent green? Dog drool? That stuff from Something About Mary? Ugh!Likes2mtnbikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15096563301717488267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158358578352252932006-09-15T17:16:00.000-05:002006-09-15T17:16:00.000-05:00I see that, too, growing on grass, but I never rea...I see that, too, growing on grass, but I never really took the time to ponder what it was....I didn't even know there was such a thing as spittlebug.MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158349929280123602006-09-15T14:52:00.000-05:002006-09-15T14:52:00.000-05:00Loved lightnin's comment! LOLI was thinking some t...Loved lightnin's comment! LOL<BR/><BR/>I was thinking some type of tree sap, but I really don't know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158346793111907232006-09-15T13:59:00.000-05:002006-09-15T13:59:00.000-05:00I don't know if it's the same, but we always used ...I don't know if it's the same, but we always used to find those little globs and we just referred to it as 'snake spit'... not sure if it'd be the same down where you are, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158342222792975282006-09-15T12:43:00.000-05:002006-09-15T12:43:00.000-05:00It looks like a yucky bug covering of some bug tha...It looks like a yucky bug covering of some bug that does not get that big up north...thank God!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158336861706192272006-09-15T11:14:00.000-05:002006-09-15T11:14:00.000-05:00Ick!It looks like one of our spit bugs on overdriv...Ick!<BR/><BR/>It looks like one of our spit bugs on overdrive.Karen Schmautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882229236585238584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158331965793609892006-09-15T09:52:00.000-05:002006-09-15T09:52:00.000-05:00It looks like GIANT spit bug to me too.It looks like GIANT spit bug to me too.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386655587963143782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158322507439833502006-09-15T07:15:00.000-05:002006-09-15T07:15:00.000-05:00Deer drool?Deer drool?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158321999103391462006-09-15T07:06:00.000-05:002006-09-15T07:06:00.000-05:00Spit bug!Spit bug!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158319290286298902006-09-15T06:21:00.001-05:002006-09-15T06:21:00.001-05:00Looks to me like you have a new St. Bernard?Looks to me like you have a new St. Bernard?Lightninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213318580937176457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1158319279995623392006-09-15T06:21:00.000-05:002006-09-15T06:21:00.000-05:00I'm going to say either frog or snail eggs.I'm going to say either frog or snail eggs.Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.com