Examples of spittlebug in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Winters have been cold enough to weaken the trees, but not cold enough to kill the spittlebug populations. — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 Its spread prompted the EU to require Italy to create a buffer zone—with susceptible trees destroyed and spittlebug-friendly grasses cut—but implementation has been slow. — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019 For the next 15 years, Baumann, Moran, and their colleagues used similar DNA analyses to document equally long-term relationships between bacteria and white flies, spittlebugs, cicadas, leafhoppers, and psyllids. — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 14 Nov. 2019

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