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Beech blight aphid

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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.
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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
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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,
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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".
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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.
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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
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sometimes extending onto leaves. Infested trees may appear to have their branches and twigs covered with snow. This aphid has a
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build up below the colonies, growing on the copious amounts of
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Beech blight aphids moving in unison - doing the Boogie Woogie
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This article related to members of the insect family
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Grylloprociphilus imbricator

Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Sternorrhyncha
Aphididae
Eriosomatinae
Grylloprociphilus
Binomial name
Fitch
insect
Hemiptera
American beech
aphids
Taxodium distichum
Taxodium distichum
defensive behaviour
sooty mold
Scorias spongiosa
honeydew


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