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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

[Photo]:Hemlock woolly adelgid infested branch.

The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, has been in the United States since 1924.

This introduced insect, believed to be a native of Asia, is a serious pest of eastern hemlock and Carolina hemlock. In the eastern United States, it is present from northeastern Georgia to southeastern Maine and west to eastern Tennessee.

  [Photo]: Adult Pseudoscymnus tsugae. [Photo]: Brad and Mike releasing Pseudoscymnus tsugae. [Photo]: Adult S. sinvanodulus.

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