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White fuzzy tree branch bugs - Eriosoma
Copyright © 2007 Brandee VanPelt

White fuzzy tree branch bugs - Eriosoma
Kingsville, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA
September 30, 2007
Size: Small
I have a cluster or 6 trees in my front yard and thousands of these little white fuzy bugs were only on 1 branch. I thought it was fuzz at first till I looked closer. Their bodies are very small with long white fuzzy haie sticking out of it and all the do is rock back and forth. What are they somebody help me please.

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Contributed by Brandee VanPelt on 30 September, 2007 - 4:19pm
Last updated 25 October, 2007 - 12:58pm

Wooly Aphids?
I think that they may be Wooly Aphids
http://bugguide.net/node/view/7465
… John R. Maxwell, 30 September, 2007 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
and suspect this tree is an Alder, in which case they might be woolly alder aphids. See this one:



and this fact sheet.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 30 September, 2007 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

 
The tree is American Beech (F
The tree is American Beech (Fagus grandifolia), I believe this is the beech wooly aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator), commonly found in large numbers on the twigs and sometimes the leaves. (Phyllaphis fagi) an introduced species is found on planted European Beech, and usually on the backsides of leaves.
… Dennis Profant, 1 October, 2007 - 10:09am login or register to post comments

 
Just had an encounter with so
Just had an encounter with something similar: Beech Blight Aphid. Factsheet here.
… Kaylee Skylyn, 2 October, 2007 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

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