Spring provides a great opportunity to kill insects that winter in vulnerable stages on leafless twigs, or on last year’s hardened off evergreen leaves or needles. The absence of tender leaf tissue makes it possible to use higher concentrations of oil that can kill insects without harming the plant. Dormant oil applications can have the[Read More…]
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Although winter weather came late this year, when it finally arrived at the end of December, it was fiercely cold with temperatures dipping well below 0 ˚ F. Most Indiana insects can survive these temperatures. One serious defoliator, the evergreen bagworm may have been killed by the cold weather. What are bagworms? Bagworms, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis[Read More…]
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