The woolly alder aphid is now in season. If maple trees or alder shrubs are about, you’ve seen them, little tufts of cotton-like material seemly floating about, but they are winged insects that fly. They produce strands of waxy material from their abdomens, which has the liking of cotton or wool. These guys are sap-drawing aphids.
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