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Did you experience a clear sticky substance or black mold on your deck, lawn furniture or car last summer? If you did, you may be experienc-ing the symptoms of the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, Shivaphis celti. Middle Tennessee hackberry trees experienced severe infestations during the summers of 2003 through 2006. The aphids mysteriously vanished [...]
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Those poor little creatures get blamed for so many things! It’s not uncommon to hear that those pesky little ants have “eaten my tree, and now it’s dying!” It’s quite the opposite! Ants cannot actually “eat,” for they cannot chew or swallow solids. Instead, they suck out juices which they squeeze from pieces of food. [...]
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Did you experience a clear sticky substance or black mold on your deck, lawn furniture or car last summer? If so, you may have been experiencing the symptoms of the Asian woolly hackberry aphid, Shivaphis celti. UT’s Insect and Disease Diagnostic Lab first re-ported this aphid in the southern counties of our state in the [...]
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No, Dogwoods don‟t get tired of looking at other trees and shrubs in your land-scape! I‟m talking about dogwood „borers,‟ Synanthedon scitula. These are the most destructive insect pests that attack flowering dogwood, Cornus florida in Ten-nessee. Wounded trees are the most vul-nerable since the larva gain access through wounds or scars. The adult is [...]
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Have you heard about the West Nile Virus? Read up! It‟s interesting . . . . Who’s Most at Risk People over age 50 Anyone with a weakened immune system Symptoms Incubation period (time from infection to onset of symptoms) is usually 3 to 15 days. Fever Headache and body aches [...]
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