Aphids can produce large amounts of sticky honeydew. The tiny droplets fall on leaves and anything below, such as bedding plants, outdoor decks, furniture, toys, sidewalks, driveways and automobiles.

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Hackberries are native to Alabama, where I grew up, but I was a child ...

White, fluffy bugs floating through Alabama this fall? They’re harmless to humans but can be a sticky, tree-damaging nuisance ...

Lacewings and ladybugs are predators to Asian woolly hackberry aphids. MSU says the most common method of dealing with aphids ...

Hackberry psyllids are responsible for creating nibble galls on the leaves of hackberry trees. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With temperatures in the KC metro area so variable this fall season, ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This is a mounted specimen of leaves from a common hackberry tree. This is a thin branch with 2-3 offshoots, and there ...