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Ants and vine mealybug
Identification tip: Look for ants on vines to see if they are
tending mealybugs or scale. Note that bark was peeled away to expose
these vine mealybugs.
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Mealybug crawlers
Identification tip: Mealybugs can be found under bark on spurs. |
Mealybugs (Pseudococcus)
Identification tip: Overwinter as eggs or crawlers (grape
mealybug crawlers shown here)
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Cutworm
Identification tip: Cutworms feed on buds at night, hollowing
them out |
European fruit lecanium scale
Identification tip: Nymphs of European fruit lecanium, Parthenolecanium
corni, on a dormant
twig |
Spider mites
Identification tip: Overwintering pacific mite females are orange
and found under loose bark of the spur tip. (Adult males are not present
in the winter.) |
