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Crape Myrtle Aphids

Crape myrtles are among the most commonly planted trees in the Southeast. The two main pests are crape myrtle bark scale, which was covered recently, and crape myrtle aphid.

Tulip tree aphids with a brown parasitized aphid mummy and yellow lady beetle eggs. Photo: SD Frank

Tulip Tree Aphids and Scales Feeding and Dropping Honeydew

Tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera) have two primary pests both of which produce honeydew and both of which are actively feeding now. Tulip tree scales are brown bumps that live and feed on…

Beech Blight Aphids

You might notice twigs on beech trees covered in a woolly sleeve. Get closer and it will begin to wiggle and sway. This is a group of beech blight aphids ( ). These are very fun to watch and a great…

What's under (or on) your Christmas tree?

We've had a few calls and samples from people seeing small dark-colored "bugs" on or under their Christmas tree. There have been a few instances where ticks were passing the winter on the twigs or…

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Asking About Organic Aphid Management in Tobacco

I have recently received a few question about organic aphid management in tobacco, specifically about efficacy of different foliar insecticides. We have done a fair amount of work on organically…

Insect Management on Fruiting Vegetables in North Carolina

Focus of Insect ManagementBecause of the high economic value of fruiting vegetables and the corresponding low tolerance for pest damage, management programs are largely preventive in nature – they…

Insect Management on Cucurbit Vegetables in North Carolina

Focus of Insect ManagementBecause of the ubiquitous nature of cucumber beetles and the high potential for damage, the focus should be on managing these particular insects. Aphids and spider mites do…

Seedling with green and yellow mosaic-pattern leaves growing in dry, cracked soil

Tobacco Insect Control and Transplant Water Treatments

Tobacco growers often apply insecticides in the greenhouse or at transplant to preventatively manage populations of green peach aphids and tobacco flea beetles. In recent years, some growers have…

Green aphid on textured leaf, © MATT BERTONE 2014

(Another) Unexpected Aphid in Strawberries

We wrote last fall about our surprise in finding, Chaetosiphon minor, in garden strawberries near our lab. Our continuing investigations this spring into “common” NC aphids in strawberries has led to…

Yellow aphid on green leaf surface, lateral view

An Unexpected Aphid in Strawberries

Last week, I examined a patch of strawberries in a garden just outside our lab in Raleigh, NC. I was hoping to find some strawberry aphids (Chaetosiphon fragaefolii) to photograph as part of a…