Safeguarding your trees against pests is important to their health and longevity. Invasive species can wreak havoc by defoliating or infecting trees, and left untreated, can lead to loss of limbs and ...

Angela Mech, assistant professor of Entomology at University of Maine, has been leading the research for the i-Tree pest predictor. Mech specializes in invasive forest insects. University of Maine ...

Box tree moths, an invasive species of insects that can defoliate and kill boxwood shrubs, have been detected in Michigan.

Before you start looking for signs of spring in the garden, look around for trouble: insect eggs. “A number of problem insects overwinter as eggs on trees and shrubs,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant ...

Round, white hemlock woolly adelgid ovisacs are found on the undersides of branches near the base of the needles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) The Michigan Department of Natural ...

Q: I have a mature palo verde tree in my back yard that has what appear to be some kind of white scale on the trunk and several main branches — it almost looks like cement or mortar. On some of the ...

Finally, the major damage to the leaves on your lemon tree appears to be the result of grasshoppers or katydids. These ...

HOUGHTON LAKE, Mich. – An invasive insect that kills fir trees has been found in Roscommon County, marking the fifth Michigan ...

Nearly two years after it was believed to have been found in Tarrant County, the existence of an invasive, tree-killing beetle has been confirmed in Denton and Bowie counties. The Texas A&M Forest ...