rick,
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People who know about plant life cycles: what is this?

At first I thought it might be some kind of spider web, or insect eggs, or cocoon, but zooming in it looks like plain old bubbles. Do grasses blow bubbles as some part of their growth?

About one stalk in fifty seems to have this. But it's only on the prarie grass, not the St Augustine grass of the lawn.

rick,
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Ha! Today I learned!

Thanks, @starlily , @catfromcornwall , @jak , @YasmineHamid !

YasmineHamid,

@rick often called cuckoo spit as cuckoos arrive (in UK anyway) at a similar time in spring, and adults leap around so are called frog hoppers

jak,

@rick
I think it's sign of a spittlebug, also called froghopper. They hide in this kind of foam.

catfromcornwall,

@rick „cuckoo spit“

starlily,
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