Showing posts with label July. Show all posts
Showing posts with label July. Show all posts

Friday, July 30, 2010

Insect Hotline Issue 17


Fall webworms at terminal ends of branches.

Another tree with fall webworms webbing over terminal branches. Photos provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

Weeds Hotline Issue 17


Crabgrass seedlings. Photo provided by: Joseph M. DiTomaso, University of California - Davis, Bugwood.org

Crabgrass seed head and flower. Photo provided by: Steve Dewey, Utah State University, Bugwood.org

Disease Hotline Issue17


Brown patch in turf.

Tannish lesions on leaf blades are a symptom of brown patch.

Mycelium growing between leaves of grass. All photos were found at: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/extension/fact_sheets/Turfgrass_-_Managing_Brown_Patch_in_Tall_Fescue_Landscapes.htm as part of a fact sheet on brown patch in tall fescue.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Disease Hotline Issue 16


Drought stressed turf. Photo provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

Pithium damage. Photo found at: http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-109-W.pdf (Richard Latin Prof. of Pathology)

Close-up of Pythium on turf. Photo found at: http://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/BP/BP-109-W.pdf (Richard Latin Prof. of Pathology)

Brown patch infesting turf. Photo found at: http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/extension/fact_sheets/Turfgrass_-_Managing_Brown_Patch_in_Tall_Fescue_Landscapes.htm

Maple showing signs of drought stress. Photo provided by: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Pine showing drought stress. Photo provided by: Robert L. Anderson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 16


Spring cankerworm on a leaf. Photo provided by: James B. Hanson, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Spring cankerworm adult. Photo provided by: Jerald E. Dewey, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Fall cankerworm damage. Photo provided by: USDA Forest Service - Ogden Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Fall cankerworm feeding on a leaf. Photo provided by: Tim Tigner, Virginia Department of Forestry, Bugwood.org

Fall cankerworm larva. Photo provided by: John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Fall cankerworm female laying eggs. Photo provided by: John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Elm spanworm damage. Photo provided by: USDA Forest Service - Region 8 Archive, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Elm spanworm camouflaged to look like a stick. Photo provided by: North Carolina Forest Service Archive, Bugwood.org

Elm spanworm on a leaf. Photo provided by: Arnold T. Drooz, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Friday, July 9, 2010

Disease Hotline Issue 15


Septoria leaf spot. Photo provided by: Photo provided by: Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, Bugwood.org

Septoria leaf spot. Photo provided by: Photo provided by: Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 15


Mimosa webworm in a honeylocust tree.

Close-up of mimosa webworm webbing leaves together.

Mimosa webworm crawling from underneath a leaflet. All photos provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Insect Hotline Issue 14


Fletcher scale on bald cypress.

Close-up of lecanium scale on cypress.

Close-up of lecanium eggs.

Lecanium scale on oaks. All photos provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware

Friday, July 31, 2009

HL Issue 17 2009


HL Issue 16 2009


HL Issue 15 2009


HL Issue 14 2009


Disease Hotline Issue 18


Brown patch on tall fescue. Photo provided by: Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, Bugwood.org

Close-up of brown patch on tall fescue. Photo provided by: Paul Bachi, University of Kentucky Research & Education Center, Bugwood.org

Brown patch in centipedegrass. Photo provided by: Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org

Foliar nematode infecting hosta. Photo provided by: Department of Plant Pathology Archive, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Close-up of foliar nematode infected leaf (left) on hosta. Photo provided by: Department of Plant Pathology Archive, North Carolina State University, Bugwood.org

Weeds Hotline Issue 18


Mugwort plants. Photo provided by: Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Leaf variation of mugwort plants. Photo provided by: Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Mugwort flowers. Photo provided by: Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Mugwort roots. Photo provided by: Ohio State Weed Lab Archive, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org