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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: woolly
What's that Sticky Stuff on my Car?

It's hot outside, so like a lot of people, you try to park your car under a tree in parking lots and on the street for some shade. You choose to park under a big hackberry tree, but when you return to your car, you notice droplets on your windshield and...
A Sticky Situation on Hackberry Trees
![Sticky honeydew and whitish hackberry aphids on hackberry leaves. [J.K.Clark] Sticky honeydew and whitish hackberry aphids on hackberry leaves. [J.K.Clark]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/32788small.jpg)
If your neighborhood has Chinese hackberry trees, chances are you've noticed a sticky substance on cars, parking lots and sidewalks. The sticky substance is called honeydew, and might be caused by a pest called the hackberry woolly aphid. Hackberry...