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Identifying Greenhouse and Garden Pests
It’s awfully important to know what critters you have in your greenhouse or garden. Critically important, in fact, if you want to use something other than a nasty, broad-spectrum pesticide to control them. But this is easier said than done. Fortunately getting super-specific isn’t always necessary — many good bugs handle a range of pests making general identification acceptable most of the time — and where it is, resources are in place and available to help you. Here’s a quick run-down of these resources.
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Hemlock Woolly Adelgid in Nottingham
We recently received an alert issued by the University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension. We’re being informed that hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), Adelges tsugae, has been discovered in Nottingham NH. We don’t and can’t pass along all news like this, but since we’re in Nottingham NH, we just had to say something if for nothing else than the best interest of others in this area.
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Asian Longhorn Beetle Found in Mass
We like to share important dispatches you might find interesting or informative. Here’s one from the University of Massachusetts Cooperative Extension concerning the Asian Longhorn Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis). What follows is directly from the announcement (edited for web).
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The Mysterious Giant Mealybugs
In the mid-nineties a commercial customer called us with a mealybug problem on a large ficus tree at her home. The ficus tree was located in a poorly lit room, it was winter, and the heat made the room dry. Not exactly great conditions for biological control and we told her so. But she wanted to give it a go anyway so we asked her for the usual details: Pest info, area, infestation level, etc.
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