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Hemlock Bluffs preserve open after dispatching woolly adelgids

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve and Stevens Nature Center reopened Wednesday after successfully combating an outbreak oftiny insects that threatened a group of trees in the 158-acre park.

Hemlocks Bluffs reopens after bug outbreak

Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve and Stevens Nature Center reopened today after successfully combating an outbreak of tiny insects that threatened a group of trees in the 158-acre park.

Aphid invasion sputters out

Unusually wet, hot weather in recent weeks largely removed afrequent pest from Siouxland soybean fields.

CROP WATCH: Farmers recuperating from hot, humid weather

Doug Stockley, Earlville — No report. Barry Beetz, Mendota — We are finally seeing some relief from the hot and sticky weather with

Extension Agent: Shuckworms on pecans

By Joe Janak The hickory shuckworm is an important mid- to late-season pest of pecans. Shuckworms are tiny - to -inch larvae, which tunnel in the shuck, interrupting the flow of nutrients and water needed for normal kernel development. Infested nuts are scarred, late in maturing and of poor quality. Damaged shucks stick to the pecan shell and fail to open, creating "sticktights" that reduce ...