Spotted lanternfly is a nasty new pest that may soon be in Indiana. It weakens a wide variety of trees, covers them with mold and threatens fruit and grape growers.

Boxwood leafminer damage is widespread. It’s not too late to protect boxwoods from boxwood leafminer and protect pollinators.

Spring is a good time to help you avoid pesticide spills. This article provides tips on how to clean out your pesticide storage area and safely dispose of pesticide waste.

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 about Dormant Applications of Horticultural Oil Can Help Control Troublesome Pests[Read More]

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 about Cold weather in January 2018 may have killed bagworms in some parts of Indiana[Read More]