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Post by kleftiwallah on May 26, 2019 11:46:09 GMT
Good morning everyone, heard on the news 'those in the know' are concerned about cuckoo spit, or is it an intruder looking like a frog hopper house?
Cheers, Tony.
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Post by teasel on May 26, 2019 11:49:12 GMT
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Post by NellyDee on May 26, 2019 12:51:36 GMT
I can't see that it is the same spittal bug that we have here. The Cuckoo spit that we have has been about for years and years and not affected any of our plants or trees. If people start recording they will probably get thousands of records that are not the particular spittle tha is causing desease.
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Post by teasel on May 26, 2019 13:30:14 GMT
I don't think it's the bug itself that causes the disease tho. It's a disease that may come to the UK soon and they want to plan ahead.
"The disease is caused by a bacterium which is moved from one plant to another by plant-sucking insects such as the spittlebug."
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Post by aeshna5 on May 26, 2019 17:19:29 GMT
I would have expected the hoppers to be found nationwide, so difficult to see what the point is to the survey. Let's hope Xylella doesn't get here!
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Post by Cotham Marble on May 27, 2019 13:34:42 GMT
Here's the Survey details from 2017: plantnetwork.org/news/spittlebug-survey/ It seems the idea is to collate a list of all the host plants of all UK spittle bug species, by geolocation, as a means of predicting Xylella spread. Presumably inteventions such as banning the sale of (for example) lavenders at certain times of year or in certain parts of the Country, could inhibit spread. Some research into transmission of Xylella: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jen.12365 |
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Post by NellyDee on May 29, 2019 13:04:39 GMT
Here's the Survey details from 2017: plantnetwork.org/news/spittlebug-survey/ It seems the idea is to collate a list of all the host plants of all UK spittle bug species, by geolocation, as a means of predicting Xylella spread. Presumably inteventions such as banning the sale of (for example) lavenders at certain times of year or in certain parts of the Country, could inhibit spread. Some research into transmission of Xylella: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jen.12365Ok now I get the idea of the survey. One problem how would I know which spittal bug? For instance I have seen it covering fungi as well clumps on various flora. Do I just record where and on what? Umm probably:) |
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