Extra Eyes Needed to Look For Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) During the Upcoming Season
Pinned Life Cycle of the Spotted Lanternfly
stone.91@osu.edu Thu, 05/05/2022 - 09:32
While there is something to see year round in the world of Spotted Lanternfly or SLF, last week, a group of Extension professionals - Jim Jasinski with our IPM Program, Thomas deHaas in Erie County, Ann Chanon in Lorian County and Amy Stone in Lucas County spent sometime in the field together gathering footage and photographers for some educational resources that are seasonal specific. Once developed, these tools will help Ohioans, help us, look for SLF in the Buckeye State.
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Amy Stone
Thomas deHaas
Ann Chanon

Biggest Week in American Birding

Yellow Rump Warbler, Photo Credit: George Sydlowski (Lucas County Ohio)
The Biggest Week in American Birding is May 6 - 15, 2022. The event is organized and hosted by the Black Swamp Bird Observatory and attracts birders from Ohio, across the United States, and many international visitors too! It takes place in northwest Ohio, or what is commonly called "The Warbler Capital of the World." 
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Amy Stone

Wilted Buckeyes

Buckeye Petiole Borer
The title of this Alert isn’t referring to last year’s shocking November surprise in that State Up North.  Curtis Young (OSU Extension, Van Wert County) reported during yesterday’s BYGL Zoom Inservice that the handiwork of the Buckeye Petiole Borer is appearing on its namesake host in northwest Ohio. Likewise, I’ve been finding damage on wild understory buckeyes in the southwest part of the state.
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Joe Boggs

Growing Degree Day (GDD) Summary, April 2022

Photo Credit: Amy Stone, OSU Extension - Lucas County, Taken at Woodlawn Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio
Here is your Growing Degree Day (GDD) summary ending April 30, 2022. While the calendar says it is spring, our actual outdoor experiences made have said otherwise. We have enjoyed some record breaking summer-like temperatures, but on the flip slide, snow flakes were still flying in April. Hopefully now that it is officially May, things will change - who are we kidding, it is Ohio. Stay tuned for these year-to-date summaries each month in 2022.
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Amy Stone

Woolly Aphids on American Elms

Woolly Apple Aphid leaf symptoms on American Elm
I recently came across the odd-looking handiwork of Woolly Apple Aphids (WAA) on newly emerging leaves of American elms (Ulmus americana, ‘Princeton’) in southwest Ohio. ‘Princeton’ is an old cultivar first propagated by Princeton Nursery in New Jersey in 1922 that was later found to be resistant to the fungal pathogens behind Dutch Elm Disease (DED).
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Joe Boggs
Periodical Cicada Brood X: Gone But Not Forgotten
Periodical Cicada Stem Breakage
boggs.47@osu.edu Thu, 04/28/2022 - 17:12
It’s been around a year since Brood X (10) of the 17-year Periodical Cicadas (Magicicada spp.) serenaded us with their cacophonous love songs. However, their damage continues to plague trees in the landscapes and forests of Ohio.
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Joe Boggs
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