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Mame
I've got a Japanese Red Pine that's had yellowing needles here and there for the last few weeks. I took a close look as I plucked some of these needles out and found some thin grey insects on the needles. (I tried to take pics, but none came out very well; I'll try again tomorrow.)
I've found about 1-2 per needle pair, though I have to pluck a lot of needles to find any. They have thinner bodies than aphids (being only as wide as the needles themselves) and about 1 or 1.5mm long. They seem to be wingless since they don't fly away when I mess with them.
I'll be spraying the pine with a general insectiside, but if anyone has an idea of what these might be so I could take a more targetted approach it would be helpful.
I've found about 1-2 per needle pair, though I have to pluck a lot of needles to find any. They have thinner bodies than aphids (being only as wide as the needles themselves) and about 1 or 1.5mm long. They seem to be wingless since they don't fly away when I mess with them.
I'll be spraying the pine with a general insectiside, but if anyone has an idea of what these might be so I could take a more targetted approach it would be helpful.