August Update on Scouting and Treating SLF in Cleveland
By: Tom deHaas, AGNR Extension Educator Erie County, intro by Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
By: Tom deHaas, AGNR Extension Educator Erie County, intro by Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
Finally! In the past week, the sun’s come out and so have the growing degree days (GDD). In fact, we have added 80 GDD (base 50 F) in Wooster since Monday alone. We pay so much attention to GDD because it is the primary driver of phenological development for plants. But did you know that it also determines insect lifecycles as well?
By: Maria Smith, HCS OSU
It’s like a scene out of the 1992 classic horror movie Candyman in the vineyard this fall. Yellow jackets, hornets, bees, wasps (1; Fig. 1)… but I promise, it’s the sugar content in the grapes and not because we’re summoning a man with a hook for a hand.
Fig. 1. Bald faced hornet in Frontenac blanc, Sep 2021
By: Maria Smith, HCS-OSU
Two recent press releases issued by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) and Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced the arrival of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF; Lycorma deliatula) in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and the first detection of SLF in Indiana.
The following statement was released yesterday from the Ohio Department of Agriculture:
Spotted Lanternfly Found in Cuyahoga County