Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking insects and about 250 are pests that can wreak havoc on crops in a garden ...

If you’ve grown a peach, apple, or cherry tree for any length of time, you’ve almost certainly met the enemy. Tiny, soft-bodied, and deceptively inconspicuous at first glance, aphids are among the ...

Researchers have found they can control one of fruit growers' more severe pests, aphids, with a remarkably benign tool: flowers. The discovery is a boon for organic as well as conventional tree fruit ...

INSECTS The spirea aphid, Aphis spiraecola, an invasive pest, has been discovered for the first time in Denmark by University of Copenhagen researchers. The extent of its current distribution remains ...

Few insects strike greater fear into the hearts of orchard-owners than rosy apple aphids. These tiny bugs feed on the leaves of apple trees, draining them of nutrients. Their saliva, meanwhile, ...

We independently select everything we recommend. Buying through us may earn us a commission, which supports our work. A. Aphids cause this leaf distortion by gathering on the leaf undersides and ...

Question: What is causing this white webbing that looks like it’s oozing from old pruning cuts in apple trees? Answer: I had never seen anything like those images of white foamy icing rings around the ...

Woolly apple aphids are destructive pests, threatening South Africa’s apple-growing industry. Westend61/Getty Images Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are ...