42:
60:
631:
286:
insecticides labeled for aphids. A wetting agent should be included to help penetrate the waxy body covering of the insect. Horticultural oil sprays and insecticidal soap have also been used successfully. Several parasites are known to attack this aphid and it is thought that they will in time be effective in reducing the population numbers of aphids.
285:
The aphids do not usually cause much damage to overall tree health, but dieback is occasionally seen on very heavily infested branches. If infestations are heavy, twigs may die, but damage to the tree is usually minor. The aphids can be blasted off with a jet of water or can be controlled with any
244:
The aphids themselves are a light bluish color with bodies covered with long, white, waxy filaments giving them a woolly appearance. They first become apparent in July and as populations continue to grow they become increasingly noticeable. Very high numbers can be seen on individual branches,
254:
249:
in that it raises the posterior end of its body and sways from side to side when disturbed. Many aphids performing this action at the same time has led to this species being referred to as the "Boogie-Woogie Aphid".
260:
258:
255:
259:
257:
282:
the insects exude. Multiple ant species are attracted, gleaning honeydew beneath aphid feeding areas at beech trees and tending aphids at the cypress tree sites.
536:
227:
form dense colonies on small branches and the undersides of leaves. A secondary host, based on their geographic location, is the roots of the bald cypress
696:
256:
672:
603:
497:
711:
701:
706:
245:
sometimes extending onto leaves. Infested trees may appear to have their branches and twigs covered with snow. This aphid has a
426:
59:
306:
665:
445:
541:
41:
721:
658:
691:
388:
450:
174:
484:
279:
528:
246:
237:
230:
54:
370:
365:
334:
590:
549:
471:
274:
220:
151:
554:
17:
716:
642:
121:
685:
437:
141:
595:
581:
476:
523:
510:
420:
411:
269:
638:
376:
216:
191:
131:
111:
91:
71:
575:
458:
405:
463:
630:
608:
502:
360:
515:
212:
101:
81:
382:
235:, where some aphids alternate between hosts and others remain with
252:
224:
489:
386:
278:
build up below the colonies, growing on the copious amounts of
264:
Beech blight aphids moving in unison - doing the Boogie Woogie
345:
646:
637:
This article related to members of the insect family
565:
395:
666:
8:
673:
659:
383:
40:
31:
379:at Wincopin Park, Howard County, Maryland
295:
7:
627:
625:
330:
328:
301:
299:
373:, by biologist David George Haskell
219:that feed primarily on the sap of
25:
697:Insect pests of temperate forests
629:
58:
346:Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month
307:"Grylloprociphilus imbricator"
1:
335:UMass: The Beech Blight Aphid
645:. You can help Knowledge by
427:Grylloprociphilus imbricator
397:Grylloprociphilus imbricator
208:Grylloprociphilus imbricator
184:Grylloprociphilus imbricator
18:Grylloprociphilus imbricator
738:
712:Hemiptera of North America
624:
702:Insects described in 1851
377:Beach Blight Aphid Nymphs
180:
173:
55:Scientific classification
53:
48:
39:
34:
366:UMass Blight Information
707:Taxa named by Asa Fitch
265:
311:InfluentialPoints.com
272:caused by the fungus
263:
435:Aphid Species File:
49:Beech blight aphids
567:Eriosoma imbricator
313:. InfluentialPoints
247:defensive behaviour
35:Beech blight aphid
27:Species of true bug
266:
238:Taxodium distichum
231:Taxodium distichum
203:beech blight aphid
166:G. imbricator
654:
653:
619:
618:
550:Open Tree of Life
389:Taxon identifiers
275:Scorias spongiosa
261:
199:
198:
153:Grylloprociphilus
16:(Redirected from
729:
675:
668:
661:
633:
626:
612:
611:
599:
598:
586:
585:
584:
558:
557:
545:
544:
532:
531:
519:
518:
506:
505:
493:
492:
480:
479:
467:
466:
454:
453:
441:
440:
431:
430:
429:
416:
415:
414:
384:
348:
343:
337:
332:
323:
322:
320:
318:
303:
262:
186:
63:
62:
44:
32:
21:
737:
736:
732:
731:
730:
728:
727:
726:
722:Aphididae stubs
682:
681:
680:
679:
622:
620:
615:
607:
602:
594:
589:
580:
579:
574:
561:
553:
548:
540:
535:
527:
522:
514:
509:
501:
496:
488:
483:
475:
470:
462:
457:
449:
444:
436:
434:
425:
424:
419:
410:
409:
404:
391:
357:
352:
351:
344:
340:
333:
326:
316:
314:
305:
304:
297:
292:
253:
195:
188:
182:
169:
57:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
735:
733:
725:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
699:
694:
684:
683:
678:
677:
670:
663:
655:
652:
651:
634:
617:
616:
614:
613:
600:
587:
571:
569:
563:
562:
560:
559:
546:
533:
520:
507:
494:
481:
468:
455:
442:
432:
417:
401:
399:
393:
392:
387:
381:
380:
374:
371:Dancing Aphids
368:
363:
356:
355:External links
353:
350:
349:
338:
324:
294:
293:
291:
288:
221:American beech
197:
196:
189:
178:
177:
171:
170:
163:
161:
157:
156:
149:
145:
144:
139:
135:
134:
129:
125:
124:
122:Sternorrhyncha
119:
115:
114:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
89:
85:
84:
79:
75:
74:
69:
65:
64:
51:
50:
46:
45:
37:
36:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
734:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
693:
692:Eriosomatinae
690:
689:
687:
676:
671:
669:
664:
662:
657:
656:
650:
648:
644:
640:
635:
632:
628:
623:
610:
605:
601:
597:
592:
588:
583:
577:
573:
572:
570:
568:
564:
556:
551:
547:
543:
538:
534:
530:
525:
521:
517:
512:
508:
504:
499:
495:
491:
486:
482:
478:
473:
469:
465:
460:
456:
452:
447:
443:
439:
433:
428:
422:
418:
413:
407:
403:
402:
400:
398:
394:
390:
385:
378:
375:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
359:
358:
354:
347:
342:
339:
336:
331:
329:
325:
312:
308:
302:
300:
296:
289:
287:
283:
281:
277:
276:
271:
251:
248:
242:
240:
239:
234:
232:
226:
222:
218:
215:in the order
214:
211:) is a small
210:
209:
204:
193:
187:
185:
179:
176:
175:Binomial name
172:
168:
167:
162:
159:
158:
155:
154:
150:
147:
146:
143:
142:Eriosomatinae
140:
137:
136:
133:
130:
127:
126:
123:
120:
117:
116:
113:
110:
107:
106:
103:
100:
97:
96:
93:
90:
87:
86:
83:
80:
77:
76:
73:
70:
67:
66:
61:
56:
52:
47:
43:
38:
33:
30:
19:
647:expanding it
636:
621:
566:
396:
361:Bugguide.net
341:
315:. Retrieved
310:
284:
273:
268:Deposits of
267:
243:
241:year-round.
236:
228:
207:
206:
202:
200:
183:
181:
165:
164:
152:
29:
524:NatureServe
511:iNaturalist
421:Wikispecies
223:trees. The
138:Subfamily:
686:Categories
582:Q109661934
317:1 December
290:References
270:sooty mold
118:Suborder:
92:Arthropoda
639:Aphididae
529:2.1001343
217:Hemiptera
160:Species:
132:Aphididae
112:Hemiptera
78:Kingdom:
72:Eukaryota
576:Wikidata
459:BugGuide
412:Q4879605
406:Wikidata
280:honeydew
128:Family:
88:Phylum:
82:Animalia
68:Domain:
609:5159977
503:2078356
490:4214932
194:, 1851)
148:Genus:
108:Order:
102:Insecta
98:Class:
717:Aphids
555:116642
542:133089
516:146709
464:240499
438:904766
225:aphids
213:insect
641:is a
596:3B6BT
477:6KTNM
451:51872
192:Fitch
643:stub
604:GBIF
537:NCBI
498:GBIF
446:BOLD
319:2021
201:The
591:CoL
485:EoL
472:CoL
688::
606::
593::
578::
552::
539::
526::
513::
500::
487::
474::
461::
448::
423::
408::
327:^
309:.
298:^
674:e
667:t
660:v
649:.
321:.
233:)
229:(
205:(
190:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.