Here is the link to last week's Turfgrass Times: https://youtu.be/i1c_PH1yQ50

This is the time of the season when a range of plant growths produced under the influence of eriophyid mites (family Eriophyidae) become obvious on a wide range of trees and shrubs in Ohio. They appear in widely varying forms from bladder-like to spindle-like to felt-like to crinkled leaf edges and other unusual leaf deformities.

The Green Industry in the United States and in Ohio is indeed - green.

The unusual damage caused by the native redbud leaffolder on its namesake host is becoming evident in southwest Ohio as caterpillars develop through the first generation. Thus far, populations appear to be sporadic and highly localized. However, population densities and distribution may change with the appearances of the second and third generations.

American planetrees or sycamores are known for their near defoliation from sycamore anthracnose disease in spring as the leaves emerge. Yet. Yet typically the trees recover and look normal by July. And so it went in the season of 2020 in Ohio.

First-generation cypress twig galls are nearing maturity and are very apparent on baldcypress in southwest Ohio. The spongy, snow-white galls are most commonly found on baldcypress where heavy galling may occur year-after-year on highly susceptible trees.

Got vines?  I sure do... take virtual tour through the grape vine, Virginia creeper, and poison ivy vines hanging around my yard.

The dogbane beetle's (Chrysochus auratus, family Chrysomelidae) light-blending artistry makes it one of the most beautiful beetles found in Ohio. These shimmering living gems usually show-up in southwest Ohio in late June to early July. I always connect their arrival to the 4th of July.

Magnolia scale (Neolecanium cornuparvum) is a type of "soft scale" so named because of the helmet-like soft leathery covering that protects the females. This is one of the largest soft scales found in Ohio with mature females measuring as much as 1/2" in diameter.

Fulgoroid planthoppers (order Hemiptera, superfamily Fulgoroidea) are relatively small insects with the adults seldom measuring more than around 1/4" in length. The early instar nymphs (immatures) of many species congregate in groups, or "colonies," and are usually obscured by a dense cloak of tangled waxy, white, cotton-like "fluff."