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DURING the course of biochemical investigations into the nature and composition of the spittle masses produced by cercopid nymphs (Philaenus spumarius L. and Neophilaenus sp.) it was observed that these masses decomposed within a few minutes of being placed in a 2/3 N solution of sulphuric acid.
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HOWDEN, G., MARSHALL, A. A Method of dissolving the Protective Spittle Masses of Frog Hopper Nymphs. Nature 189, 509–510 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189509a0
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