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  1. Exotic Tree Pest Generating Concern in Forestry/Nursery Industries

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/exotic-tree-pest-generating-concern-forestrynursery-industries

    beetle, known as the emerald ash borer, has been identified as Agrilus planipennis, and is generating ... similarly to other insects in the genus Agrilus, such as the bronze birch borer, a key pest of white-barked ... years is more common," said Herms. Infestations prove fatal because the larvae feed under the bark ...

  2. Storm Cleanup Good Opportunity to Check for Emerald Ash Borer

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/storm-cleanup-good-opportunity-check-emerald-ash-borer

    which feed on EAB larvae living under the trees bark. Other symptoms of EAB infestation € such as the ... sapwood € require that the bark be peeled off to detect them. A fact sheet with details and pictures of ... Diagnostic Check-off List under the Factsheets/Bulletins section of the Web site) or through local OSU ...

  3. Viburnum Chewer Makes Its Way Into Ohio

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/viburnum-chewer-makes-its-way-ohio

    hungry for the popular woody ornamentals. The viburnum leaf beetle, Pyrrhalta viburni, was recently ... sighting of the pest in U.S. territory occurred in 1996 in New York state. Since then, the beetle has ... viburnum leaf beetle is a very damaging, invasive pest," said Dan Herms, an entomologist with Ohio ...

  4. Alfalfa Weevil and Potato Leafhopper Status in Ohio's Alfalfa Crop

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-and-potato-leafhopper-status-ohios-alfalfa-crop

    State University Extension’s factsheet on potato leafhopper in alfalfa is at: ... https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-33 An excellent resource for other forage-related questions is the OSU Extension’s Forage Page at:  ...

  5. Sports Turf Managers Fighting Bugs by Going Green

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/sports-turf-managers-fighting-bugs-going-green

    green. That's why Dave Shetlar, Ohio State University Extension, will present “Cost Effective and ... Columbus. "There's concern about exposure to pesticides," said Shetlar, also known as the ... meet those expectations." In his talk, Shetlar will offer details to grounds staff, coaches, ...

  6. Alfalfa Weevil Are Active- Time to Scout

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/alfalfa-weevil-are-active-time-scout

    treatment options, refer to our Alfalfa Weevil factsheet. It is a bit too early for early harvest as ...

  7. Name That Tree

    https://woodlandstewards.osu.edu/events/name-tree-4

    and bark- all designed to help you identify trees.  We will spend the day getting familiar with tree ...

  8. One Day Insect University

    https://ocvn.osu.edu/events/one-day-insect-university

    science plays in what we know about insects. Presenters include Mary Gardiner, Dave Shetlar, Reed Johnson ...

  9. Christmas Trees Offer Many Environmental Benefits — And You Can Put a Dollar Sign Next to Them

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/christmas-trees-offer-many-environmental-benefits-%E2%80%94-and-you-can-put-dollar-sign-next

    up." A blue spruce with a 2-inch-diameter trunk growing on a Christmas tree farm in, say, Doylestown in ... runoff and reduction of atmospheric carbon by 20 pounds. Meanwhile, a Scotch pine at that same location ... blue spruce planted in Columbus in front of a single-family home, for example, will provide $12 every ...

  10. Time to Start Scouting for Potato Leafhoppers in Alfalfa

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/time-start-scouting-potato-leafhoppers-alfalfa

    Our extension factsheet on potato leafhopper in alfalfa is HERE.  Insects ...

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