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, ...

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.

A bad rosy-apple-aphid infestation can reduce an orchard’s yield by 80%. In the battle against these aphids some propose harnessing the services of tiny wasps called Ephedrus cerasicola and ...

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.

Flower power fights orchard pests Date: May 14, 2013 Source: Washington State University Summary: Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a ...

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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 ...

Aphids suck: Invasive aphid found on Danish apple trees The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in Denmark by University of Copenhagen researchers.

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Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking insects and about 250 are pests that can wreak havoc on crops in a ...