The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) has reported the presence of Box Tree Moths (BTM) (Cydalima perspectalis (family Crambidae) in Ashtabula, Clark, Cuyahoga, and Preble counties based on catching adult male moths in pheromone-baited monitoring traps. First detected in Ohio in June 2023, BTM has now been found in 11 counties across the state: Ashtabula, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Cuyahoga, Hamilton, Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Warren.

Every year I have grown hanging baskets of traditional impatient on my hanging planter hooks. This year was a pleasant surprise. Impatiens galore growing in the soil below the hanging baskets that were all volunteers. But why?

The drought continues - stay updated on important turf information including weeds and sodding. Check out this week's Ohio State University's (OSU) Turfgrass Team Times (TTT).

The BYGL Alert posted this past Tuesday on our native Ohio Kissing Bug, Triatoma sanguisuga (family Reduviidae, subfamily Triatominae), known as the bloodsucking conenose, is generating reports based on mistaken identities.

Check out this week's OSU Turfgrass Team Times. This educational update will continue to be weekly as we continue to navigate through another fall drought.

This Alert is being posted because of the number of pictures and specimens I’ve recently received of adult kissing bugs being found in Ohio homes. The kissing bugs are native to Ohio and are called the bloodsucking conenose.

Oak Rough Bulletgalls are at the hub of a buzz about wasps and flies swarming oaks belonging to the white oak group. The sturdy galls are produced under the direction of the tiny gall-wasp. The gall structure includes extrafloral nectaries that exude nectar to entice stinging and biting insects that provide protection.

On a recent inspection of an infested Spotted Lanternfly site in Erie County, I witnessed an abundance of Honeydew and Sooty Mold. The owner of the property asked, “What can I do to get rid of it?”

Jim Downs (Forestry Field Specialist, OSU Extension) is reporting a localized Fall Webworm (Hyphantria cunea, family Erebidae) outbreak in Logan County, OH. The heavy infestation was first observed and reported to Jim by Jacob King (ANR Extension Educator/LCSWD Educator, OSU Extension, Logan County).

Lace bugs (order Hemiptera; family Tingidae) were a hot topic during this week’s BYGL Zoom Inservice. Although the bugs have been with us in one form or another for the entire season, their accumulated leaf damage is now very evident.