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Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator)

Beech Blight Aphids Got Talent

SEP 21, 2023

Nature Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

The talented and uniquely entertaining Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) are taking the stage in Ohio. Some of the best line dancing can be seen in Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve...

Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae)

Look Closely at Flowers for a Tiny Threat to Pollinators

SEP 21, 2023

Horticulture Nature

Thomas Becker (OSU Extension, Lorain County) showed participants in this week’s weekly BYGL Zoom Inservice a nice shot of a Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae) lurking among flowers in...

OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout Highlight: The Redbud Leaffolder

SEP 21, 2023

Horticulture Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Participants in the OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout held this past Monday at the Boone County Arboretum observed the unusual damage caused by the Redbud Leaffolder (Fascista cer...

Ohio Diagnostic Workshop Highlight: White Masses on the Stems of Redbuds

SEP 21, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line BGYL

During yesterday’s 83rd Ohio Diagnostic Workshop held in Secrest Arboretum, OSU CFAES, Wooster, OH., participants found snowy-white masses on the stems of redbuds (Cercis canadensis). The agglomeratio...

Out on a Limb. Arboriculture as a career.

SEP 12, 2023

Arboriculture

Arbor Doctor has referal relationships with expert climbers. We do not climb ourselves. Arboriculture is an amazing profession with a wide range of opportunities.

The Buzz on Rough Oak Bulletgalls

SEP 6, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Rough Oak Bulletgalls induced by the gall-wasp, Disholcaspis quercusmamma (family Cynipidae) are splitting through the bark and rising on the stems of oaks in the white oak group in southwest Ohio. ...

Dodderâ€™s Tangled Tale

SEP 3, 2023

Nature Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Dodders are parasitic plants belonging to the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. They were formerly placed in the dodder family, Cuscutaceae, with only one genus in the family, Cuscuta. I think i...

From Basin to Banks: Wetland Restoration

SEP 3, 2023

Nature Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Wetlands are incredibly important features of the natural landscape, providing countless ecosystem services to local ecology and wildlife.

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August 29, 2023

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Marne Titc...

A Selected Assortment of Oak Galls

SEP 3, 2023

Nature Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

This is the 5th BYGL Alert this season dedicated to wasp galls on oaks. That may seem excessive, but it’s estimated that around 800 types of galls may be found on oaks in the Nearctic which is the p...

Fall Webworms are Conspicuous by Their Absence

SEP 3, 2023

Plant Health Care Buckeye Yard and Garden Line

Fall Webworms (Hyphantria cunea, family Erebidae) have been virtual no-shows over much of Ohio this season. Although, there are reports of highly localized populations with noticeable nests, trees i...

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