Woolly Beech Aphid - Phyllaphis fagi
The aphids are covered entirely by white waxy filaments that are secreted from its body.
The aphids cause irregular upward bulges on the leaves, with the aphids living in shallow depressions underneath and causing the leaf to curl downwards
Gall 
Adult
On Beech.
As soon as Beech comes into leaf.
Thought to be widespread and fairly frequent in Britain, but its presence is little recorded.
Thought to be fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 May 2014
leaf curl caused by aphids
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
23 May 2014
on beech
Lindsi Donovan
Charnwood Lodge NR
06 June 2019
Alan Semper
Harby garden
16 June 2013
Graham Calow
Footpath near The Green, Dadlington
01 June 2017
on Copper Beech
Alan Semper
Harby garden
16 June 2013
Graham Calow
Footpath near The Green, Dadlington
01 June 2017
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Bugs
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hemiptera
- Family:
- Aphididae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 44
- First record:
- 16/06/2013 (Semper, Alan)
- Last record:
- 19/06/2023 (Calow, Graham)
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Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
07 June 2016
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
14 June 2015
Kate Nightingale
Cropston garden
07 June 2016
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
23 May 2023
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
23 May 2023
David Nicholls
Evington Park, Leicester
29 May 2022
Graham Calow
Burbage Wood
23 May 2023
