Scouting for Scale at Solstice

Winter Solstice, the first day of winter seems like an unusual time to be outside looking for insects. However, it is an excellent time to scout for both Soft Scale and Armored Scale. With the leaves off trees and shrubs, it is easy to find plants with signs of scale damage and scale.
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Thomas deHaas
Plants From All Over Program chatfield.1@osu.edu Mon, 11/18/2019 - 14:15
Come enjoy a program about plants from Scotland to Secrest; from Ecuador to China; from Massachusetts to Africa. Cure the winter cold with plant loving from all over.
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Jim Chatfield
See You at the 2019 Ohio State University Green Industry Short Course stone.91@osu.edu Tue, 11/05/2019 - 11:47
The 2019 Ohio State University Green Industry Short Course is just 4 weeks away. The Short Course will be held on December 3, 4 and 5 at the Columbus Convention Center in collaboration with the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Conference and Show. Participants will need register through OTF and can attend educational sessions at both the Short Course and the OTF Conference. It is like two programs in one! 
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Amy Stone
Boogie-Woogie Aphids are Still Dancing boggs.47@osu.edu Mon, 11/04/2019 - 13:53
I was surprised over the weekend to come across a horde of Beech Bligh Aphid (Grylloprociphilus imbricator) nymphs on their namesake host in southwest Ohio. This aphid spends the winter in the egg stage and I had assumed they had completed their seasonal development.
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Joe Boggs
Putting Ash Wood to Good Use - Lessons from the Urban Wood Network stone.91@osu.edu Tue, 10/22/2019 - 11:52
Earlier this month, Emerald Ash Borer University (EABU) hosted an online webiner entitled, "Putting Ash Wood to Good Use - Lessons from the Urban Wood Network." While many of us from Ohio have already lived through the devastation of EAB; some may have utilized the ash, some may have not, but either way, you will enjoy the webinar presented by Don Peterson, executive director of the Urban Wood Network.  
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Amy Stone
Hemlock Woolly Adegid – A 2019 update dehaas.2 Fri, 10/18/2019 - 08:51
In mid-October 2019, Jim Chatfield, Amy Stone, and Thomas deHaas attended the Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative (CASRI) to discuss conifer health, specifically, Canadian Hemlock (Tsuga Canadensis) and hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) (HWA). HWA was first discovered in West Virginia in 1992.
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Thomas deHaas
Jim Chatfield
Amy Stone
Weird Willow Galls boggs.47@osu.edu Tue, 10/15/2019 - 12:35
Willow Pinecone Galls are produced by the Willow Pinecone Gall Midge, Rabdophaga strobiloides (family Cecidomyiidae), to house, nourish, and protect a single fly larva (maggot) located deep within the gall. The elaborate structures bear a striking resemblance to a pine cone complete with faux seed scales.
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Joe Boggs
Last Hurrah for Willow Sawfly boggs.47@osu.edu Mon, 10/14/2019 - 13:27
Kris Stone, Director of the Boone County Arboretum and horticulturist extraordinaire, texted images this past Friday of Willow Sawfly (Nematus ventralis) larvae chowing down on the leaves of a Dewystem Willow (Salix irrorata) in his home landscape. It was a reminder that although the plant pest season may be drawing to a close, it ain't over 'til it's over.
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Joe Boggs
White-Haired Alders and Meat-Eating Caterpillars boggs.47@osu.edu Mon, 10/14/2019 - 11:09
Woolly Alder Aphids produce large, white fluffy colonies on the branches of their namesake host making the branches look like they're covered in patches of white hair. A close look will reveal woolly aphid nymphs exuding strands of white waxy filaments from block-like structures on their backs.
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Joe Boggs