Caterpillars That Feed On Trees And Shrubs
Bagworm - mostly evergreen Birch skeletonizer - birch Cankerworm - elm, maple, oak, etc. Catalpa sphinx - catalpa Cecropia moth - many trees Eastern tent caterpillar - cherry, apple Fall webworm - pecan, elm, etc. ... [... more]
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Lace Bugs
Repeated applications of some insecticides may be needed to control lace bugs effectively. Make the first application as soon as nymphs appear in the spring. Follow with a second application 7 to 10 days later if ... [... more]
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Wheel Bug
Female wheel bugs lay masses of 42-182 eggs by gluing them to bark or some object. Wheel bugs overwinter as eggs. Tiny wheel bug nymphs hatch in April and May and begin to feed on aphids and other small insects. As ... [... more]
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Fungus-Infected Flies
The seedcorn maggot is found throughout North Carolina. Seedcorn maggots feed primarily on decaying organic matter, but sometimes infest the seeds and seedlings of vegetables. The dead, fungus-infected flies are ... [... more]
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Crapemyrtle Aphid
Natural enemies of crapemyrtle aphids include ladybird beetles and their larvae, green lacewings and their larvae (aphid lions), hover fly maggots, parasitic wasps, and entomophagous fungi. Sometimes these parasites ... [... more]
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Cicadas
Farming and urbanization of suitable habitats have reduced the populations of many cicadas, and it is thought that some broods of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas may be extinct. In North Carolina, current broods of ... [... more]
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Azalea Leaf Miner
Eggs are deposited singly on the undersides of leaves along the midribs, usually one to five per leaf. The young (larvae) hatch in about 4 days, mine into the leaves, and feed inside them. At this stage, the leaves ... [... more]
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Juniper Webworm
mating, females lay 50 to 200 eggs singly in the axil of new needles. About 10 days later, tiny larvae hatch, puncture the leaf and feed as leafminers, causing the leaves to brown. The mined leaf is used as a ... [... more]
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Cool Weather Spider Mites
Spider mites hatch from eggs and develop through a larval stage and nymphal stages before maturing into adults. Males mate with females as soon as the females molt into the adult stage and females soon begin laying ... [... more]
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Twobanded Japanese Weevil
The twobanded Japanese weevil was first found in the United States in 1914 near Philadelphia. It is now established in the eastern United States. Some of the plants attacked by the twobanded Japanese weevil are ash, ... [... more]
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