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Frog hopper / cuckoo spit / good, bad or indifferent
Flora rosa
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I have cuckoo spit all over and am trying to work out if the frog hopper is bad good or indifferent ! I have also got shield bugs .... I always thought that cuckoo spit should just be ignored but now am worried! Are the adults bad and therefore I should try and remove the "spit" or can it be tolerated ? Is it the shield bugs that also do cuckoo spit - I believe shield bugs are harmless . Confused 
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All part of life Flora.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Cuckoo spit and the little frog hoppers inside it really won't do any harm and neither will the shield bugs
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good, thanks for replying, I'm really pleased! Have left them to their own devices thinking was ok and then thought .. Er hang on, so much, I wonder if I've missed something.... so googled and got all confused with such conflicting advice ! One less thing to worry about x
You'll always find conflicting advice Flora
Some people spray everything that moves 'just in case'
In the sticks near Peterborough