Spruce Gall Aphid (Noun)
Meaning
A variety of adelgid.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The Eastern spruce gall adelgid is a cryptic insect with the aphid-like appearance and tiny body of the spruce gall aphid that can alter the spruce tree for its own survival.
- Scientists study the spruce gall aphid and learn various treatments that may slow down infestations in large or small areas near spruce trees with no apparent or known severe attacks.
- Spruce gall aphid starts to create by introducing eggs inside covered hollow ball or a gall made within spruce needles.
- Eastern spruce gall adelgids resemble tiny crawling insects with an appearance very similar to the spruce gall aphid on spruce trees on North American land.
- The spruce gall aphid primarily resides on one of two specific host plants known as the red spruce trees, and also on the black spruce for maximum life.