Imported beetle lives on both hated, beloved trees
PRESIDIO — A beetle used as a biological control of saltcedar is jumping to another tree, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist.
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AgriLife Extension expert advises on controlling saltcedar leaf beetle on athel
PRESIDIO--A beetle used as a biological control of saltcedar is jumping to another tree, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service entomologist. Though one tree is hated and the other loved, the one thing they have in common is a small imported beetle that feeds on both, said Dr. Mark Muegge, AgriLife Extension entomologist at Fort Stockton. Saltcedar is a shrub or small tree introduced ...
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Of pesticides, city parks and kids at play
City no longer routinely kills weeds in grass.
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COLUMN: Barrow County homeowners and farmers facing armyworm infestation
The adult moths are active at night laying eggs in bunches of 50 -100. Eggs hatch in 2 -3 days and the young caterpillars begin to feed. Feeding from young worms causes skeletonized leaves on grass blades but as the worms grow the entire leaf, mid rib and leaf stalk can be eaten.
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The dog days of summer are here and for the most part all we want to be doing is to be sitting by the pool or maybe at least fishing on a stream bank in the mountains. The last thing we probably want to be doing is working in the yard, especially weeding the garden.
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