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  • Image: Cottony Maple Scale 1
    Credit: A. Steven Munson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Cottony Maple Scale 2

    Credit: E. E. Nelson, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Cottony Maple Scale 3

    Credit: PA Dept of Cons. and Natl Resources - Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org

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green arrowCottony maple scale
Pulvinaria innumerabilis

  • Excrete honeydew, a sticky, shiny material, on leaves and branches; sooty mold may also result from honeydew
  • Young insects remove sap from leaves creating a speckled appearance and possibly yellowing leaves in mid to late summer
  • Heavy infestations cause premature leaf drop and branch dieback
  • Nymphs are brown-translucent, 1/5 inch; females lay eggs in the white marshmallow egg-sac along the twigs and small branches
  • Silver maple is preferred host
  • More information on Cottony Maple Scale...
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  • Image: Woolly alder aphid 1
    Credit: Clemson University, USDA Coop. Ext. Slide Series, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Woolly alder aphid 2

    Credit: D. Becker, University Of Minnesota

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green arrowWoolly alder aphid
Paraprociphilus tessellatus

  • Excrete honeydew, a sticky, shiny material, on leaves and branches; sooty mold may also occur on honeydew
  • 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
  • 1/8 inch, pear shaped insect inside white woolly mass
  • Silver maples are preferred hosts
  • More information on Woolly alder aphid...

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