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It’s Spring! Get A Jump On Invasive Insects With These USDA Updates

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Today's the first day of Spring and along with greening turfgrass, singing birds, and blooming daffodils, are the far less welcome signs of warming temperatures—the return of hungry invasive insects.

Top Areas For Spotted Lanternflies During Summer 2024

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TruGreen has announced its annual study identifying the top U.S. areas the invasive spotted lanternfly likes to call home.

Top Areas For Spotted Lanternflies During Summer 2024

pests Spotted Lanternfly
TruGreen has announced its annual study identifying the top U.S. areas the invasive spotted lanternfly likes to call home.

It’s Spring! Get A Jump On Invasive Insects With These USDA Updates

spotted lanternfly nymphs
Today's the first day of Spring and along with greening turfgrass, singing birds, and blooming daffodils, are the far less welcome signs of warming temperatures—the return of hungry invasive insects.

Sentinel Gardens: Growing Native Trees In Foreign Lands To Predict Invasive Threats

    Imagine a young red oak growing in an open meadow, its limbs reaching towards the bright October sky. As fall sets in, its broad leaves are turning a scarlet hue. But this iconic tree isn’t growing in a New Jersey park or hardwood forest in Vermont. Rather, it ...

Sentinel Gardens: Growing Native Trees In Foreign Lands To Predict Invasive Threats

    Imagine a young red oak growing in an open meadow, its limbs reaching towards the bright October sky. As fall sets in, its broad leaves are turning a scarlet hue. But this iconic tree isn’t growing in a New Jersey park or hardwood forest in Vermont. Rather, it ...

Handling Spotted Lanternfly On Client Properties

spotted lanternfly
  This week, I’ve got spotted lanternfly (SLF) on the brain. It’s one thing to write about invasive pests in my job here at Turf, but when a new one makes it way into your town, well, let’s just say it hits home, literally. I knew they were coming. It ...

Handling Spotted Lanternfly On Client Properties

spotted lanternfly
  This week, I’ve got spotted lanternfly (SLF) on the brain. It’s one thing to write about invasive pests in my job here at Turf, but when a new one makes it way into your town, well, let’s just say it hits home, literally. I knew they were coming. It ...

What’s Happening With Those Murder Hornets? It Involves Tiny Transmitters!

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  Asian giant hornets, or “murder” hornets, made major news this past spring when they were discovered in the U.S. for the first time. And while that was bad news, there is good news in the fight to eradicate them. This past Fall, after weeks of searching, Washington State Department ...

Asian Long-Horned Beetle (ALB) Spreads To South Carolina

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Asian Long-Horned Beetle (ALB), an invasive wood-boring beetle that attacks 12 types of hardwood trees in North America, was found for the first time in Charleston County in South Carolina this summer, with infestations discovered in 1,950 trees. “Just this past June, we confirmed a new infestation in South Carolina ...