The following are the types of plants to inspect, the pest is what kind of pest you will see in your landscape, and the action is what to do when inspecting your landscape.
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Andromeda |
Inspect underside of new growth for nymphs. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed. |
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Arborvitae |
Tiny silver- white moths fly when branch is shaken. Treat with Bayer Sevin if needed. |
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Fletcher scale |
Treat newly emerged crawlers before they wax over with Bonide Malathion. This species pupates within the foliage. |
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Beech |
Woolly Beech Aphid |
Nearing the natural end of their cycle |
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Birch |
Check for natural enemies before making treatment decision. If no natural enemies, treat with Bayer Sevin. |
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Treat only if 1st generation damage was severe to protect new 2nd gen. growth. Treat with Bonide Borer-Miner Killer. |
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Boxwood |
Boxwood Leafminer |
Check yellow traps for adult flies, look for leaf spots with brown pupae protruding from the underside. Treat if detected with Monterey Garden Insect Spray. |
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Inspect for reddish nymphs on underside of leaves. Espoma Earth Tone Insect Control and All Season’s Spray Oil may require multiple applications. |
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Catalpa |
Cotton Aphid |
Inspect underside of leaves for green-yellow nymphs. Look for Lacewing eggs, Ladybugs, and other natural enemies. |
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Cherry |
White Prunicola Scale |
Treat with Bayer Sevin before crawlers wax over |
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Dogwood |
Inspect trunk and large branches for holes and fresh sawdust. Destroy by hand or treat with nematodes |
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Hardwoods |
Polydrusus weevil |
Check for notching along leaf margins and shiny metallic green-bronze weevil. Treat with Bonide Systemic Insect Control if needed. |
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Two-Spotted Spider Mite |
Shake branch over white surface. Treat with Bonide Mite-X if needed. |
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Hemlock |
Hemlock Looper |
Shake branches, look for green inchworms dropping on silk threads. Treat with Thuricide if needed. |
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Holly (American) |
Native Holly Leafminer |
Install yellow sticky traps. Inspect traps for small gray flies. |
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Juniper |
Juniper Scale |
Treat with Espoma Earth Tone Insect Control before crawlers wax over |
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Larch |
Tiny dark-winged moths fly when branch is shaken. |
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Mountain Ash |
Mountainash Sawfly |
Examine leaflets in shadiest areas for clusters of yellow-green larvae. Pick off or treat with Bonide Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug if needed. |
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Oak (Red Group) |
Oak Skeletonizer |
Examine leaves for lacy skeletonizing and small green larvae. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed. |
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Pine (Soft) |
Pine Bark Adelgid |
Inspect trunk and branches for white, cottony masses. Increase vigor, reduce stress. Treat with Neem Oil. |
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White Pine Weevil |
Inspect leaders for holes, sap flow and tip curl. Prune out infested leaders before they turn brown. |
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Rhododendron |
Check pheromone trap for male moths. Inspect large lower branches for holes and fresh sawdust. |
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Yew |
Place burlap traps under plants by mid-June. |
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Taxus Mealybug |
Inspect interior of plants for small mealybugs. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed. |
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Fletcher Scale |
Treat newly emerged crawlers with Bonide Malathion before they wax over. This species pupates within the foliage. |