Woolly apple aphids have a reddish or dark purple body between 1.5 and 2.5 mm in length and the bodies are hidden under a wool-like waxy covering. At the nymph larval stage, ...

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Alias: Woolly apple aphids are most known for giving your apple tree a furry look on the main trunks and limbs. Adult woolly apple aphids are small tear dropped shaped insects that are covered in ...

Woolly apple aphid colonies can get large and form shaggy clumps of protective, waxy secretions. This waxy coating makes it difficult for insecticidal sprays to reach the aphids unless the ...

Both responded with a likely culprit: the woolly apple aphid. If so, that white stuff is waxy, filamentous flocculence created by these aphids to make a cozy, protective habitat where they can hide.

Aphid is typically written in plural as "aphids" because you will always find them in mass numbers. It’s difficult to describe them based on color because there are around 4,400 species in the ...

One of them is the woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum). As its name suggests, this aphid attacks apple trees and is recognisable by the white, waxy excretions that cover and protect the insects.

MISSOULA, Mont. — During the fall, woolly aphids start to appear on local trees. The insects are not harmful to trees, but if you find yourself put off by the blue and white bugs you can wash ...