The Cankerworm Moth Females are Crawlin’
The female cankerworm moth has been spotted in multiple traps throughout the Charlotte Metro Area. The adults hatch over the course of weeks, so if you haven’t banded your trees [...]
The female cankerworm moth has been spotted in multiple traps throughout the Charlotte Metro Area. The adults hatch over the course of weeks, so if you haven’t banded your trees [...]
Hemlock woolly adelgid is a destructive creep of eastern region US hemlock species. This creep, first imported from Asia in the 1920’s, feeds on starch reserves at the base of [...]
With winter fast approaching, many of our resident creeps will be taking it easy until spring. One that we may still see creeping around from time to time is the [...]
Indian wax scale is a soft scale creep usually found in warmer areas of the country, but has been recently been reported as far north as Southern New Jersey. This [...]
Azalea bark scale is an insect pest found on azaleas and rhododendrons. It is similar to soft scales, as it sucks carbohydrates directly from the plant and produces a lot [...]
Have a mentioned fall is great for caterpillars? Peridea is a genus describing several species of caterpillar. Often found on maple, this one was found under a willow oak. As [...]
There are many species of tussock moths, but they are all relativly the same. All are covered in hair-like projections and feed on multiple species of plants. They are an [...]
The nymph of the two-lined spittle bug is noticable as what appears to be a drop of spit on a plant, but in actuallity is substance created by the insect [...]
The candy stripe leaf hopper is a sap sucking creep with a cool paint job. While their feeding causes little damage, the biggest problem with leaf hoppers is that they [...]
Late summer and fall is such a great time to find caterpillar creeps. Here we have an early instar stage of the Pandora sphinx moth. Though the caterpillar in this [...]