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  • Image: Anthracnose 1
    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota
  • Image: Anthracnose 2

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

  • Image: Anthracnose 3

    Credit: M. Grabowski, University of Minnesota

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green arrowAnthracnose
Discula campestris, D. umbrinella, Aureobasidium
apocryptum, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

  • Young leaves turn brown to black, shriveled or curled
  • Mature leaves have irregularly shaped tan, brown or black leaf spots found along leaf veins; may be curled if severely infected
  • Lower, interior branches are most affected
  • Damage occurs in wet weather in early spring as leaves are expanding
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  • Image: Woolly alder aphid 1
    Credit: D. Becker, University Of Minnesota
  • Image: Woolly alder aphid 2

    Credit: Clemson University, USDA Coop. Ext. Slide Series, Bugwood.org

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green arrowWoolly alder aphid
Paraprociphilus tessellatus

  • Insect feeding causes the leaf to fold in on itself
  • White woolly masses that look like threads are produced on leaves and twigs of its host
  • Excrete honeydew, a sticky, shiny material, on leaves and branches; sooty mold may also occur on honeydew
  • 1/8 inch, pear shaped insect inside white woolly mass
  • Silver maples are preferred hosts
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