rosy apple aphid Simply begin typing or use the editing tools
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review. The rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea) deforms
fruit, producing “aphis apples.” Its feeding activity causes
leaves to curl about it, providing some protection from
insecticide sprays. The life cycle involves plantain plants as
alternate hosts from which the aphid returns to the apple tree
to deposit eggs in the fall. It also attacks pear, hawthorn, and
mountain ash. It... What made you want to look up "rosy apple
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