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Dying Aspen Trees - Ask an Expert
I have about three large aspen trees that are really suffering. The leaves are browning around the edges and have a sappy sheen on the leaf surface. The underside of the leaves has very small white and very small dark bugs crawling around, about the size of a pin-head.
Yellow Jackets Terrorizing and Robbing my Bees - Ask an Expert
As the bees and I were losing the battle, I put out some open feeding for them to at least take some pressure off my bees. I need to figure out how to control them though. I am especially worried about approaching colder weather as the bees cluster before the yellow jackets quit flying. They will be defenseless. Anything will be appreciated.
Elm Tree - Ask an Expert
I realize it's early Spring and bugs eat leaves, but I'd like to know if you can identify the culprit and if it's something that should concern me. The third picture is the only bug I've seen, but it appears to be in the ladybug family and to my knowledge this is a good thing. I think they are predators that eat other bugs, but I may be wrong.
Change in grass over past 5 weeks - Ask an Expert
I have a large area of grass that "suddenly" changed in past 5 to 6 weeks. The grass around it is healthy and growing. THIS area was, too. It sloops gradually toward 3 23 yr. old fir trees. There are no bugs, there IS moss, but the rest of the lawn has moss, too. We had a Master Gardner look at a section we cut out and she could not figure out.
Red Currants dying - Ask an Expert
On the underside of the leaves in two of the photos (actually of the same leaf, I think) you'll see black bugs shaped like pointy eggs and lots more smaller black specs that I am guessing might be youngsters. These leaves and lots of others are yellowing and withering.
carpet beetle problems in home - Ask an Expert
Our carpet beetles are surviving despite attempts at home extermination. They seem to be increasing. We have been treating them for about...
Pumpkins and Banana Squash suddenly died... - Ask an Expert
There were squash bugs, which we removed by hand and crushed the eggs (as many as possible) and treated the plant with Carbaryl. The plants still looked generally healthy, despite the squash bugs. We actually feel like the squash bugs were pretty much gone when suddenly our Dill's Atlantic pumpkin plant had all of its leaves go flaccid over ...
This is a Honey Bee and Paper Wasp question. - Ask an Expert
I know wasps eat other pest bugs as well, but it seems that Bee's (Honey or Bumble) do a hell of a lot ...
What's eating my plants? - Ask an Expert
The first is a daisy. The second is a mountain snowberry. The third is a white coneflower. I just set the beer out so we'll see what's there in the morning.