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Balsam Woolly Adelgid

Adelges piceae

157 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Idaho.January 12, February 11, March 15, April 24, May 39, June 36, July 29, August 22, September 17, October 13, November 10, December 10.
United States1,006
Canada318
Idaho238
Washington191
British Columbia160
New York128
Massachusetts82
Oregon66
North Carolina50
Tennessee49

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderTrue Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and allies · Hemiptera
FamilyAdelgids · Adelgidae
GenusAdelges

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