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The extension offers multiple tips for protecting trees and shrubs from periodical cicada damage. Among them: "Place netting around small trees and shrubs (up to 10 feet tall), making sure it is ...

Very soon now, billions of cicadas will be singing in the trees and flying around yards, parks and forest preserves in the Chicago region. “We’ve already seen a few of the 17-year periodical cicadas ...

Invasive insects in the U.S. could kill up to 1.4 million street trees by 2050, according to researchers. In an international study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, a team found that the ...

Insects that drink sap and eat plant parts typically attack the leaves or fleshy portion of the tree, which generally does not kill the plant. Boring insects, on the other hand, bore into the main ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Majestic hemlocks towering on dunes and along streams in Ottawa County may soon be a thing of the past if a tiny insect cannot be controlled. The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), a ...