Bitterroot Restoration

Eriophyid mites are very tiny, white or yellowish, worm-like, and spindle-shaped. Their bodies have definite annulations or rings, and only two pairs of legs directly behind the mouthparts. Most trees and shrubs have species that attack them and almost always create predictable damage like galling, etc.

Clearwing borers (family Sesiidae) attack a wide variety of shrubs, trees, vines and herbaceous plants. They are major pests of fruit trees, shade trees, landscape plants, and certain forest trees. Many of these species cause serious damage, but the damage is often overlooked or underestimated because the symptoms may resemble plant diseases or weakness caused by drought.

Aphids are small plant-eating insects. Aphids are among the most destructive insect pests on cultivated plants in temperate regions. Plants exhibiting aphid damage can have a variety of symptoms, such as decreased growth rates, mottled leaves, yellowing, stunted growth, curled leaves, browning, wilting, low yields and death. The removal of sap creates a lack of vigour in the plant, and aphid saliva is toxic to plants.

Pests are most often because these causes damage to plants through feeding on crops or parasitising livestock, such as Aphids on Alder (Alnus), or Fourlined plant bug on Rose ( Rosa).