bugs on lavender

[smartie]

Hi everyone,

On my lavender plants, at some points where the leaves join the stalks there is this white foamy stuff that has some kind of baby bug or larvae (or whatever the technical name is!) living in it. It is just the one bug per foam dollop, and it is no bigger than a couple of mm in length, an off-yellowish colour and with little black dots for eyes.

Sorry for the extremely poor and highly un-technical description, but can anyone help me out and shed some light on what these might be?  ??? I am intrigued, so any info would be appreciated!

Thanks  :)

[smartie]

[Svea]

i dont know what they are - these fluffy white foam balls have also appeared on the rosemary

[Georgie]

Hi.  The foam is known as 'cuckoo spit' and it contains baby froghoppers which do little damage.  If you don't like the look of it then just blast with a hose to get rid of it.

G xx

[Lizard Man]

Wonder why it is called that? And then there is Cuckoo's Pint (or Lords and Ladies) - the wild lily with the white flowers that later become red berries. I know that the 'pint' bit comes from the old English word for a you-know-what, but why a cuckoo's you-know-what? Can anyone shed any light on this?