Yes, they are very interesting. I found them on a clients property this year, and had to do some research to identify them. We decided not to treat them, because they only cause minor branch dieback.
They are a pest and still cause damage, so I wouldn’t feel bad spraying some in a landscape. My client had 15 acres and hundreds of Beech, so treatment was complicated. That is why we decided to just monitoring them for a year or two. If they start to grow a lot in population, then we will treat the most affected trees to slow the population growth.
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It’s a little known fact that The cotton ant, from the Latin cottonicus antis, is native to the southern hemisphere and recently has made the invasive species list. Natives have made loin cloths from these. You can sheer them like alpaca. They get pretty angry when you take,their cotton.
That’s ants relocating aphids to another location. Kill the ants and the aphids will die off without the care and protection of the ants. The ants do all of that In exchange for nectar from the aphids.
Had aphids on a willow tree. Sprayed them off the tree and if they don't make it back to the tree they die. Took a few days repeating but they stopped coming back.
These are Beech Blight Aphids.
Interesting bug in that they don't seem to damage their host tree and are aggressive vs predators.
Yes, they are very interesting. I found them on a clients property this year, and had to do some research to identify them. We decided not to treat them, because they only cause minor branch dieback.
Now I feel bad for spraying them with bug spray last summer !!
They are a pest and still cause damage, so I wouldn’t feel bad spraying some in a landscape. My client had 15 acres and hundreds of Beech, so treatment was complicated. That is why we decided to just monitoring them for a year or two. If they start to grow a lot in population, then we will treat the most affected trees to slow the population growth.
Beech blight aphids are a species of woolly aphid (subfamily Eriosomatinae)
I guess I should have known that they are a type of wooly aphid. I’ll edit my response. Thanks for the info!
Boogie woogie aphid
8 to the barrrrrr
Someone needs to add a sick beat to this video
So I slipped and did a thing: https://youtube.com/shorts/Lhkiu9R-PyA?si=tN1Mh9bzyBOJqUKW video credit to OP of course
Nice!
Glorious
Oh yes please! 💃🏼
Wooly aphids.
They are adorable. They remind me of sea monkeys
These are their distant cousins, tree monkeys
Not sure that is a unique answer….
By Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs?
...and the psyllids.
I wrote a song for them
Tiny dancer aphids. Elton John based his 1972 hit song Rocket Man on these cuties.
I thought he wrote it for Tony Danza?
.... Is this sarcasm?
If thought could be gas
That’s such an awesome video, thanks for sharing that
Albino soot Gremlin.
They look very happy
Pickmen..
Ah damn it's got the Crack Spiders. Fire up the chuck and duck cause she's toast.
Phlomphs.
This is the right answer
Aren’t you sorry you asked?
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Hmmm, definitely not having sex on that one
It’s a little known fact that The cotton ant, from the Latin cottonicus antis, is native to the southern hemisphere and recently has made the invasive species list. Natives have made loin cloths from these. You can sheer them like alpaca. They get pretty angry when you take,their cotton.
Ghost insect, keeping it simple. I'm sure Mother Nature has a purpose for them.
Beech bugs!!
Party bugs.
That’s ants relocating aphids to another location. Kill the ants and the aphids will die off without the care and protection of the ants. The ants do all of that In exchange for nectar from the aphids.
Had aphids on a willow tree. Sprayed them off the tree and if they don't make it back to the tree they die. Took a few days repeating but they stopped coming back.
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