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| Analysis - view details of type of pest/disease/disorder | |
| Symptoms | Needles bent, on the yellow place of bending often a small, dark aphid with waxy wool; needles turn brown above the sucking place. | |
| Impact | Intense attacks are common, but mostly only result in loss of increment; the danger of secondary agents (fungal diseases, frost) is markedly increased. | |
| Control | Control normally not necessary; only in heavily infested cultures plants can be sprayed with an insecticide (see Official Register of Plant Protection). During the dormant season control with paraffin-oil compounds is possible | |
| Hosts | Larch; | |
| Affected plant parts | Needle; |
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| Damage to short shoots at the stage of budburst |
Larch needles: sucking aphids, waxy wool |
Aphids underneath waxy wool, enlarged |
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| Damage to larch needles |
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