If you’ve grown a peach, apple, or cherry tree for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly met the enemy. Tiny, soft-bodied, and deceptively inconspicuous at first glance, aphids are among the ...

The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in Denmark by University of Copenhagen researchers. The extent of its current distribution remains unknown, ...

Few insects strike greater fear into the hearts of orchard-owners than rosy apple aphids. These tiny bugs feed on the leaves of apple trees, draining them of nutrients. Their saliva, meanwhile, ...

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 a ...

Answer: Looking at the sample you brought in, the leaf curl on your peach tree branches is pretty extreme, and when I turned over and uncurled the leaves I found a ton of chubby green aphids hiding ...

The differences in how Washington apple growers battle pests in conventional and organic orchards may help Washington State University researchers decode the behavior of the woolly apple aphid.

Question: What is causing this white webbing that looks like it’s oozing from old pruning cuts in apple trees? Answer: I had never seen anything like those images of white foamy icing rings around the ...

Question: I think my peach tree has aphids, but how can I be sure? A: Green peach aphids are the most common aphids on peach trees. They are small and can be difficult to detect, but their damage is ...

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INSECTS The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in Denmark by University of Copenhagen researchers. The extent of its current distribution remains ...