Chestnut Blight Research
The American chestnut was once a fixture of the Eastern forest. Until, a virulant fungus, commonly called chestnut blight, was introduced around the turn of last century. The blight all [...]
The American chestnut was once a fixture of the Eastern forest. Until, a virulant fungus, commonly called chestnut blight, was introduced around the turn of last century. The blight all [...]
Gloomy scale is an armored scale creep that may cause considerable damage to red maples. These insects may also be found on; snowbell (Styrax), grape, Chinaberry, hollies, mulberry, sweetgum, and [...]
This is a new one for me, dogwood sawfly is a creepy creep that will eat all but the midrib of the leaf. The bodies of the larvae become covered [...]
Lecanium scale is a soft scale creep that feeds directly from the tree. They affect many species of tree, and are very common on willow oak in the greater Charlotte [...]
The ocellate gall midge causes an ocellate (single-spotted), pale green to yellow, often bright red-margined gall. This creep is most often found on red maples. Galls appear in May and [...]
Calico scale is a soft scale creep thought to have been introduced through San Francisco in the 1900s. This insect affects many species of trees and shrubs. Most recently I've [...]
Japanese maple scale is another armored scale creep found on many trees and shrubs, but most oftern on Japanese maples and dogwoods. These insect creeps feed directly on trunks and [...]
As if the cankerworms aren't bad enough, tea scale is now active on our camellias and hollies. These small armored scale creeps feed on the underside of leaves causing a [...]