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Tips on Scouting Garden Mums

Leanne Pundt

UConn Extension
www.ipm.uconn.edu

An Equal Opportunity Employer and Program Provider

Inspect Incoming Cuttings

Insect and Mite Pests

Scouting for Aphids

• Look for wingless aphids on the young tender

growth.

• Green peach aphids, melon and

chrysanthemum aphids may occur.

• White, cast skins, shiny honeydew, sooty

mold and the presence of ants are signs of

aphids.

Green Peach Aphid

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Light green aphid with cornicles slightly darker than body with black tips.

Melon Aphids

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Light green, dark green to yellow to dark olive

melon aphids found on underside of leaf.

Chrysanthemum Aphids

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These host specific aphids are only found on chrysanthemum.

Chrysanthemum Aphids

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These are shiny, reddish -brown to blackish brown aphids with short, dark cornicles.

Aphid Damage

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Honeydew leads to the growth of unsightly black, sooty mold

fungi.

Asiatic Garden Beetles

Adults hide during the day in cool, moist areas (in the soil) and feed at night.

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