adelgid

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A common name for insects of the genus Adelges

Severe winter cold helps reduce adelgid populations and slow their spread, so the recent trend toward relatively mild winters is actually facilitating the adelgid onslaught.

any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers
hemlock woolly adelgid
A common name for insects of the species Adelges tsugae

Another tree is being attacked by an alien insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid.

woolly adelgid
A common name for insects of either species Adelges piceae or Adelges tsugae

North America's once abundant Canadian hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) may soon become a relic and then a ghost, owing to the invasion of the woolly adelgid (Adelges tsuga annand).

woolly adelgid
an insect that feeds on hemlocks; its egg sacs are small fuzzy white balls like artificial snow on a Christmas tree