Lakeside Chautauqua, located on the Marblehead peninsula in Ottawa County Ohio is home to the rare Lakeside Daisy which typically blooms in early May. It was putting on quite a show.

Eastern subterranean termite is one of the major destructive structural pest insects in the United States. This article will provide details of their life cycle, the damage, and control of this pest.

The larder beetle is a cosmopolitan species. It is an important commercial and household pest, but is beneficial in museums and taxidermy for cleaning skeletons and plays a significant role in forensic science. Dig in to find out more about this beetle.

The Plant Phenology and Growing Degree Day (GDD) posts and impacts have been a Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine (BYGL) staple for years. GDD will continue to be an important part of the blog written to assist green industry professionals, Extension professionals, Extension volunteers, and people with a passion for plants and pests too.

When done right, organic mulch, particularly hardwood bark mulch, will provide a wide range of benefits to trees and other woody ornamentals. When done wrong, it can produce a range of detrimental effects that wreak havoc on tree health from vascular strangulation to moisture starvation.

The “horns” that give the Horned Oak Gall its common name are popping through the surface of the galls in southwest Ohio. The horns are just the tip of the iceberg with this gall-making wasp. They also produce leaf galls.

Gnarly-looking leaf galls are appearing on pin oaks in southwest Ohio. The unsightly, lumpy growths are produced by a gnat-like gall-midge, so I’ve commonly called the plant growths Gnarled Oak Leaf Midge Galls. Not very creative, but descriptive.

Maples in central and southwest Ohio, particularly red maple are producing heavy seed (samara) loads. Excessive seed production can temporarily cause maples to have stunted leaves or no leaves, particularly towards the top of seedy trees. Consequently, the thin canopies coupled with brown samaras can cause homeowners to ask, “What’s wrong with my maple trees?”

Overwintered Calico Scale females in S.W. Ohio are “puffing up” and pumping out copious quantities of sticky, sugary, honeydew; the calling card of phloem-sucking insects. This is a type of soft scale” owing to the females covering themselves in a soft shell that can be mashed.