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  1. Controlling Non-Native Invasive Plants in Ohio Forests: Privet (Ligustrum spp.)

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-103

    is opposite. Bark is brownish-gray to gray and slightly rough with light dots (lenticels). Spurs ... (ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-45). Mechanical Control Infestations of small plants can be pulled, dug, or cut out. Pulling or digging ... injury to non-target plants. Basal Bark Application Another control option for treating large privet ...

  2. Cornus kousa

    https://secrest.osu.edu/newsletter/all-things-secrest/summer-2025/secrest-select-plant/cornus-kousa

    to rub on the trunks of young trees causing damage to the bark. As Cornus kousa ages, it  develops ... beautiful bark which exfoliates in puzzle-piece-like chunks. In the fall, the leaves turn reddish purple and ...

  3. Gypsy Moth Damaging Area Trees

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/gypsy-moth-damaging-area-trees

    the caterpillars emerge and feed on trees such as oaks, pine and spruce, the latter two being favored ... under the tree bark, where they overwinter. Then in the late spring and early summer, the eggs hatch and ...

  4. Tick Bites…They are NO Joke!

    https://brown.osu.edu/news/tick-bites%E2%80%A6they-are-no-joke

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-2073 A great video was created by Dr. Tim McDermott:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXHI_A5JPPA Be ...

  5. The Value of Peer Groups: The Power of People Helping Other People Succeed

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aede-0030

    ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/aede-0019), because a peer group does not have an emotional or financial stake in your business. As a result, ...

  6. Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz Program FREE

    https://butler.osu.edu/events/buckeye-lady-beetle-blitz-program-free

    Butler County OSU Extension and OSU Department of Entomology present Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz ...

  7. Buckey Lady Beetle Blitz Program, FREE, June 9, 2025

    https://butler.osu.edu/news/buckey-lady-beetle-blitz-program-free-june-9-2025

    Butler County OSU Extension and OSU Department of Entomology present Buckeye Lady Beetle Blitz ...

  8. Insect Night Walk

    https://entomology.osu.edu/events/insect-night-walk

    glittering fireflies and singing crickets to huge, colorful moths and iridescent beetles. Join us to pet a bee, dig ...

  9. Sam Ward

    https://entomology.osu.edu/our-people/sam-ward

    invasive defoliator and native bark beetle facilitated by warm temperatures, changes in precipitation, and ... Turner, T Yamanaka, L Marini, S Fei, and AM Liebhold. 2023. Prevalence and drivers of a tree-killing bark ... beetle, Ips typographus (L.) (Coleoptera, Scolytinae), in international invasion pathways. Journal of Pest ...

  10. Fall Color Change in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0145

    evergreens, such as pine and spruce, lose their needles the same way? We can see that some needles die and ... 4 years Shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) 2–4 years Virginia pine (Pinus virginiana) 3–4 years Norway spruce ... species Needle lifespan Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) 2–3 years Pitch pine (Pinus rigida) 2–3 years ...

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