Common Plant & Insect Combinations in the Albuquerque Area

Deciduous Trees & Shrubs Ash (Fraxinus spp.); ... Excretion of the sugary fluid called honeydew by aphids is colonized by a black fungus called sooty mold, causing plants to become unsightly and stressed, because mold-coated leaves are shielded from sunlight needed for photosynthesis. Numerous cast skins from aphid development are also unsightly. ................
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