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Common Tree Diseases

Aphids

Aphids

Aphids are small, softbodied sucking insects which pierce plant tissues and draw out the juices

Bagworms

Bagworms

Bagworms are the larval (caterpillar) stage of a moth that is rarely seen.

Diplodia Blight

Diplodia Blight

These fungi overwinter in infected dead needles, twigs and cones either on the tree or on the ground.

Elm Leaf Beetle

Elm Leaf Beetle

The dark grub-like larvae chew on the underside of leaves but avoid the larger leaf veins, producing a type of injury pattern known as skeletonizing.

Iron Chlorosis

Iron Chlorosis

Iron chlorosis is a yellowing of plant leaves caused by iron deficiency, usually in high pH soils (pH above 7.0).

Pine Wilt

Pine Wilt

A fatal disease of exotic pines in the Midwest

Two-spotted Spider Mite

Two-spotted Spider Mite

Twospotted spider mites are tiny, oval, eight legged creatures about 0.4mm long.

Ash Lilac Borer

Ash Lilac Borer

The lilac borer is a clearwing moth with a single generation per year whose larvae bore within the trunks of lilac and ash.

Cedar Apple Rust

Cedar Apple Rust

This disease attacks susceptible cultivars of apples & crabapples.

Dothistroma Needle Blight

Dothistroma Needle Blight

This causal fungus infects and kills needles.

Fireblight

Fireblight

Fireblight is a destructive, highly infectious, and widespread disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora.

Pine Needle Scale

Pine Needle Scale

Scale insects are sap-feeding insects that derive their name from the shell-like waxy covering that conceals their bodies.

Rhizosphaera Needle Cast

Rhizosphaera Needle Cast

Rhizosphaera needle cast is a fungal disease of spruce trees that causes needles to turn brown and fall off.

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