Adult Japanese beetles emerge from the soil and live from 30 to 45 days feeding on plants over a four to six week period. Adults feed on many ornamental plants including trees, shrubs, vines, herbaceous annual and perennials, and of course—roses.
Coalition for Urban Ash Tree Conservation
- Emerald Ash Borer Management Statement -
www.emeraldashborer.info/files/conserve_ash.pdf
signed 06 Jan 2011
Found my first bagworms of the season last night on a Blue Spruce and also some apple trees and even sumac at my home. They were about 1/8" long and were feeding like crazy! Sprayed them with an insecticide and they're dead today. Please call us immediately if you notice anything hanging from your trees...they are small right now, so you have to look close. With the upcoming heat wave, they are going to be very destructive to trees. I've seen a tree die within 1-2 days in this heat under bagworm stress.
The spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) is quite small; about the size of a pollen grain. Symptoms include bronzing and yellowing of needles and may show up later than damage actually occurs. To test for an infestation, tap a branch while suspending a white sheet of paper underneath. Specks that move are probably spider mites.
Bagworms are here and here bigger than ever! Eastern red cedars (Juniper- all varieties) and Spruces have been hit hard this summer. Control is imperitive right now as bigger bagworms consume increasingly greater amounts of foliage, thus imperiling "evergreens" with each passing day. I've seen a mature Spruce tree killed completely in the period of 2-3 days in hot climates. Bagworms are easy to control and kill if treatment is done early...like NOW!!
Have you ever gazed out of the kitchen window at your beautiful wildlife garden on a cold winter’s day? It looks so barren and lonely. Have you ever wondered where the butterflies go during this time of year?
Hear this message from our owner Kent Girton in this [...]
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