Box Tree Moth (BTM) is a non-native pest of boxwoods. It was first confirmed in Ohio by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) in late June. Yesterday, the ODA announced that a BTM sighting has been confirmed in Montgomery County (Dayton Area). Coupled with the earlier detection in southwest Ohio, the two BTM sites are the southernmost in North America.

Check out this week's recording of the TTT and includes Dr. David Gardner, Dr. Tyler Carr, Dr. David Shetlar and Dr. Ed Nangle and Pamela Sherratt that were talking grubs, fall fertility, rust and nimblewill control.

The Ohio Green Industry Association concluded the last of 9 Walk-abouts for industry professionals throughout the state of Ohio at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo.

You are likely familiar with OSU’s Farm Science Review, a 3-day educational tradeshow that features the latest in agricultural production. But do you know that just across the road, accessible by wagons running throughout each day, is a literal playground for natural resource enthusiasts? Welcome to the Gwynne Conservation Area! The Gwynne is a 67-acre conservation area where conservation demos, talks, displays, and tours are held during Farm Science Review, September 19-21, in London, Ohio. Featuring a pond, wetland, tallgrass prairie, stream, pawpaw orchard, forage plots, and a wagon tour...

The talented and uniquely entertaining Beech Blight Aphids (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) are taking the stage in Ohio. Some of the best line dancing can be seen in Johnson Woods State Nature Preserve in Wayne County, OH. Jim Chatfield (OSU Extension Emeritus) and I observed chorus lines of beech blight aphids shaking their derrieres on their namesake host in the Preserve last week.

Thomas Becker (OSU Extension, Lorain County) showed participants in this week’s weekly BYGL Zoom Inservice a nice shot of a Jagged Ambush Bug (Phymata spp., family Reduviidae) lurking among flowers in search of prey. Meat items for these tiny predators are most often pollinators.

Participants in the OGIA/OSU Greater Cincinnati BYGL! Diagnostic Walkabout held this past Monday at the Boone County Arboretum observed the unusual damage caused by the Redbud Leaffolder (Fascista cercerisella, family Gelechiidae) on its namesake host (Cercis canadensis). Populations of this native moth appear to be sporadic and highly localized in Ohio this season.

During yesterday’s 83rd Ohio Diagnostic Workshop held in Secrest Arboretum, OSU CFAES, Wooster, OH., participants found snowy-white masses on the stems of redbuds (Cercis canadensis). The agglomerations could easily be mistaken for mealybugs, felt scales, or soft scales, particularly cottony scales.

Visiting Angels is a group of professionals that provide home care for the elderly. Caregivers help older adults live comfortably, independently, and safely in their own homes. The Lorain County group contacted OSU Extension in Lorain County to provide a program on the benefits of Nature to Health.

Kentucky Coffeetree, Gymnocladus dioicus, is a native tree with excellent adaptability for many sites.  It is the only species of its genus, collectively known as coffeetrees, in North America.