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Part of 🐜︎🐛︎ true bug order Hemiptera in 🐞︎🐛︎🐜︎🐝︎ insect class Insecta.
Native to East Asia. Invasive > learn+quiz Invasive > 🇨🇦 Canada, 🇺🇸 USA Invasive > report it! Invasive > Michigan Invasive > more info in Michigan inv. summary sheet (page 4)
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Uses by native peoples(Ethnobotany database)
HWA feeds by sucking sap from hemlock genus Tsuga and spruce genus Picea trees. In eastern North America, HWA has destroyed large forests, and threatens other forests, of eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis and Carolina hemlock Tsuga caroliniana. How to treat hemlock trees for hemlock woolly adelgid. This author has also heard of preventative measures: (A) spraying with mineral oil (short-term), and (B) an insecticide treatment (said to protect the tree for 5–7 years).
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🏠︎ 🐞︎🐛︎🐜︎🐝︎ insect class Insecta 🐜︎🐛︎ true bug order Hemiptera
eastern hemlock Tsuga canadensis