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Croton capitatus, known as the hogwort, [1] woolly croton, or goatweed, [2] is an annual plant with erect, branched stems, densely covered with light brown, wooly hairs that give it a whitish appearance. It grows in dry, open areas, especially sandy and rocky soils. [2]
Croton glandulosus is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae that has many common names such as vente conmigo, tooth-leaved croton, tropic croton and sand croton. [1] The species's specific epithet, glandulosus , is due to the gland-like structures that appear at the end of the leaf stalk.
Croton capitatus, also known as the woolly croton; Croton hancei, a species of Croton endemic to Hong Kong; Caperonia, a genus of plants of the family Euphorbiaceae commonly known as "false croton" Codiaeum variegatum, an ornamental plant in the genus Codiaeum, formerly classified in the genus Croton, and commonly called "croton"
Woolly aphids on crab apple bark. Pemphigus gall on cottonwood tree Grylloprociphilus imbricator on Fagus Galls made by Melaphis rhois. Woolly aphids (subfamily: Eriosomatinae) are sap-sucking insects that produce a filamentous waxy white covering which resembles cotton or wool. The adults are winged and move to new locations where they lay egg ...
Chrozophora tinctoria (commonly known as dyer's croton, [2] giradol, [2] turnsole [2] or dyer's litmus plant [3]) is a plant species native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, and Central Asia.
The only other flowers available during the flight time are croton (Croton californicus) and telegraphweed (Heterotheca grandiflora), but visitations to these plants have not been noted. The larvae of the Delhi Sands flower-loving fly and two other Rhaphiomidas species were held in captivity by Rogers and Mattoni. [11]
Some scale insects are serious commercial pests, notably the cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi) on Citrus fruit trees; they are difficult to control as the scale and waxy covering protect them effectively from contact insecticides. Some species are used for biological control of pest plants such as the prickly pear, Opuntia.
Solanum mauritianum is a small tree or shrub native to South America, including Northern Argentina, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. [1] Its common names include earleaf nightshade [2] (or "ear-leaved nightshade"), woolly nightshade, flannel weed, bugweed, tobacco weed, tobacco bush, wild tobacco and kerosene plant.