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Scarlet oak sawfly
These pin oaks are shedding leaves, and large parts of some of them have leaves that look white from the ground. The culprit is scarlet oak sawfly larvae. I have never seen damage quite like this fro… more →
Managing cicadas in nurseries and landscapes
wrote 1 week ago: For folks in western parts of the state you may have periodical cicadas in your nursery or landscape … more →
Things Are Not Always As They Appear
wrote 1 week ago: Despite the fact that Michigan, as well as the Great Lakes region as a whole, has hundreds of exotic … more →
It's Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week
wrote 4 weeks ago: If you live in Michigan, most likely you have seen several standing dead trees along roads and highw … more →
Cankerworms as food.....
wrote 1 month ago: …for other animals of course. Birds eat a lot of cankerworms and may even have more chicks or … more →
Hot in the City: urban heat and the future of trees
wrote 2 months ago: In this guest post our PhD student, Emily Meineke, discusses her new paper in PLoS One and the the c … more →
Cankerworm Project in Bulletin
wrote 5 months ago: Read the article about cankerworm research conducted by Bobby and Greg…… … more →
Thousand Cankers Disease in North Carolina
wrote 5 months ago: Sadly, thousand cankers disease has been confirmed in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Hay … more →
Uninvited Holiday Guests: Part 2
wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday we discussed arthropod pests of Christmas trees that people find once they bring trees int … more →
Uninvited Christmas Guests: Part 1
wrote 6 months ago: Christmas trees like other crops have many pests that feed on them. Also like other crops, Photo: Er … more →
Utah lawmakers want to tangle with bark beetle
wrote 7 months ago: Good luck, Utahns. Oh, and do something about our changing climate, too, as that is a big part of th … more →
Forest fire research questions wisdom of precribed burns
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wrote 8 months ago: One major case study in this realm is the prescribed burn of earlier this century near the Los Alamo … more →
When a loved one falls sick
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wrote 9 months ago: HEADLINE: “THE GREAT CHESTNUT TREES OF EUROPE ARE DYING” ARAB NEWS, 6th September 2012 ( … more →
Holey Horse Chestnuts
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wrote 10 months ago: When looking at the lovely photos Lorna took of the Whitworth Park bioblitz, I spotted that she … more →
Be a Plant Hero!
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wrote 11 months ago: Can a computer game where you shoot paper spit wads at bugs really be educational? You bet it can! … more →
Scarlet oak sawfly
wrote 12 months ago: These pin oaks are shedding leaves, and large parts of some of them have leaves that look white from … more →
In the Wild, scientists seek to answer: What replaces ded trees
wrote 1 year ago: This feature-length piece from the NY Times attempts to shed some light on how field scientists are … more →
Imported Willow Leaf Beetle June 12 2012
wrote 1 year ago: This weeping willow in Harleysville has adult imported willow leaf beetles feeding on its leaves. Th … more →
Emerald Ash Borer Scouting
wrote 1 year ago: The way this client found me is a little bit strange. He found my website by googling “bacter … more →
Crape myrtle aphids conserve predators
wrote 1 year ago: Crape myrtle aphids are around every year and very rarely get out of hand enough to Adult crape myrt … more →
