The hemlock wooly adelgid is killing hemlock trees in the eastern United States. The adelgid nymph feeds on young twig tissue, depriving the tree of stored starches, causing it to die.

Businesses and homeowners in the eastern U.S. are being urged to treat hemlock trees and protect them from the outbreak of hemlock wooly adelgid, an aphid-like insect that is killing eastern hemlock trees, according to an arborist in West Virginia. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Benbow said to determine what options of treatment the hemlock trees or shrubs need depends on the infestation level. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

Currently, the National Park Service is cooperating with the U.S. Forest Service to suppress the hemlock woolly adelgid. ?EUR??,,????'?????<

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For more information about the hemlock wooly adelgid, visit the U.S. Forest Service website www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/haw.

The Pryor Daily Times