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Sycamore (Platanus)-Fall webworm Hyphantria cunea Pest description and damage These gregarious caterpillars spin web-like tents in branch tips of deciduous trees including apple, cherry, peach, pecan, English walnut, black walnut, ash, boxelder, birch, ch ...

Sycamore (Platanus)-Sycamore scale Stomacoccus platani Pest description and damage Scale insects are small (less than 0.125 inch in length) soft insects that live beneath waxy scales. These insects are often identified by the shape and size of their scale ...

Tulip (Tulipa)-Bulb mite Rhizoglyphus echinopus Pest description and damage Mature bulb mites vary in length from about 0.02 to 0.03 inch and have four pairs of legs. Their bodies are shiny, white, somewhat transparent, and smooth with reddish brown appen ...

Tuliptree (Liriodendron)-Tuliptree aphid Illinoia liriodendri Pest description and damage Tuliptree aphids are about 0.1 inch in length, green to pinkish, elongate soft-bodied insects with long legs. They form clusters of aphids of various sizes on the un ...

Viburnum (Viburnum)-Bean aphid Aphis fabae Pest description and damage Adult bean aphids are about 0.10 inch in length, soft-bodied, dark green to black insects with lighter color legs. They are found on the undersides of leaves and on new growth, often i ...

Viburnum (Viburnum)-Root weevil Black vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) Obscure root weevil (Sciopithes obscurus) Strawberry root weevil (Otiorhynchus ovatus) Pest description and damage Identification is important: species differ in susceptibility to p ...

Viburnum (Viburnum)-Viburnum leaf beetle Pyrrhalta viburni Pest description and damage Adults are brown and about 0.25 inch in length. Mature larvae are greenish-yellow and are about 0.375 inch long. The adults and the larvae both chew holes in the leaves ...

Willow (Salix)-Aphid Includes giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) Pest description and damage There are several species of aphids known to feed on the foliage, stems, flowers, or bark of willows. The largest of these soft-bodied piercing-sucking i ...

Willow (Salix)-Azalea bark scale Eriococcus azaleae Pest description and damage Scale insects are small (less than 0.125 inch in length) soft insects that live beneath waxy scales. These insects are often identified by the shape and size of their scales, ...

Willow (Salix)-Carpenterworm Prionoxystus robiniae Pest description and damage Carpenterworms are the larvae of a large, mottled gray and black moth whose size ranges from 1.75 to 3.0 inches in length. The caterpillars are greenish to pinkish white with a ...