wool′ly a′phid

any of various aphids that produce white waxy threads.

[1835–45]

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woolly aphid - secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads

aphid - any of various small plant-sucking insects

American blight, Eriosoma lanigerum, woolly apple aphid - primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees

Prociphilus tessellatus, woolly alder aphid - attacks alders

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They tend to be prone to sooty mold, scale insect and woolly aphid. If you have a citrus plant that is shedding leaves, investigate and intervene immediately.

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WOOLLY APHID These insects, which often invade apple trees, hide under a white fluff often mistaken for mould.

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Sugarcane woolly aphid (Ceratovacuna lanigera Zehtn.), its history and control measures.

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Development of a dispersal model for balsam woolly adelgid, Adelges piceae ratzeburg (Hemiptera: Adelgidae), to facilitate landscape-level management planning

Evaluation of pine woolly aphid damage to Pinus patula and its effects on yield in Kenya.

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Symptoms of infestation by the balsam woolly aphid displayed by Fraser fir and bracted balsam fir.

Patterns of overstory composition in the fir and fir-spruce forests of the Great Smoky Mountains after balsam wooly adelgid infestation

Pyracantha and box plants are prone to attack from woolly aphid which can do a lot of damage when it is warm as they can multiply rapidly and in July they develop a winged aphid that can fly off looking for a new host plant.

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Apples are also attacked by five different species of aphids, the most prevalent being the woolly aphid, the tell-tale presence of which is a covering of white, woolly wax, where the colonies cling to the bark.

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A I expect that this is the work of a woolly aphid - a kind of greenfly.

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The Society's current top ten pests are: slugs and snails, vine weevil, rabbits, ants, deer, scale, woolly aphid, red spider mite, cyprus aphids and glasshouse mealy bug.

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