Garden Center: Pest Control for Early June

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The following are the types of plants to inspect, the pest is what kind of pest you will see in your landscape, and the action is what to do when inspecting your landscape. Back to helpful hints.

Plant	Pest		Action
Andromeda		Andromeda Lacebug	Inspect underside of new growth for nymphs. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed.
Arborvitae		Arborvitae Leafminer	Tiny silver- white moths fly when branch is shaken. Treat with Bayer Sevin if needed.
		Fletcher scale	Treat newly emerged crawlers before they wax over with Bonide Malathion. This species pupates within the foliage.
Beech		Woolly Beech Aphid	Nearing the natural end of their cycle
Birch		Aphids	Check for natural enemies before making treatment decision. If no natural enemies, treat with Bayer Sevin.
		Birch Leafminer	Treat only if 1st generation damage was severe to protect new 2nd gen. growth. Treat with Bonide Borer-Miner Killer.
Boxwood		Boxwood Leafminer	Check yellow traps for adult flies, look for leaf spots with brown pupae protruding from the underside. Treat if detected with Monterey Garden Insect Spray.
		Boxwood Mite	Inspect for reddish nymphs on underside of leaves. Espoma Earth Tone Insect Control and All Season’s Spray Oil may require multiple applications.
Catalpa		Cotton Aphid	Inspect underside of leaves for green-yellow nymphs. Look for Lacewing eggs, Ladybugs, and other natural enemies.
Cherry		White Prunicola Scale	Treat with Bayer Sevin before crawlers wax over
Dogwood		Dogwood Borer	Inspect trunk and large branches for holes and fresh sawdust. Destroy by hand or treat with nematodes
Hardwoods		Polydrusus weevil	Check for notching along leaf margins and shiny metallic green-bronze weevil. Treat with Bonide Systemic Insect Control if needed.
		Two-Spotted Spider Mite	Shake branch over white surface. Treat with Bonide Mite-X if needed.
Hemlock		Hemlock Looper	Shake branches, look for green inchworms dropping on silk threads. Treat with Thuricide if needed.
Holly (American)		Native Holly Leafminer	Install yellow sticky traps. Inspect traps for small gray flies.
Juniper		Juniper Scale	Treat with Espoma Earth Tone Insect Control before crawlers wax over
Larch		Larch Casebearer	Tiny dark-winged moths fly when branch is shaken.
Mountain Ash		Mountainash Sawfly	Examine leaflets in shadiest areas for clusters of yellow-green larvae. Pick off or treat with Bonide Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug if needed.
Oak (Red Group)		Oak Skeletonizer	Examine leaves for lacy skeletonizing and small green larvae. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed.
Pine (Soft)		Pine Bark Adelgid	Inspect trunk and branches for white, cottony masses. Increase vigor, reduce stress. Treat with Neem Oil.
		White Pine Weevil	Inspect leaders for holes, sap flow and tip curl. Prune out infested leaders before they turn brown.
Rhododendron		Rhododendron Borer	Check pheromone trap for male moths. Inspect large lower branches for holes and fresh sawdust.
Yew		Black Vine Weevil	Place burlap traps under plants by mid-June.
		Taxus Mealybug	Inspect interior of plants for small mealybugs. Treat with Bonide Eight if needed.
		Fletcher Scale	Treat newly emerged crawlers with Bonide Malathion before they wax over. This species pupates within the foliage.

Information provided by Robert Childs and UMass Extension at UMass Amherst.

NOTE: Disclaimer - This page may contain pesticide recommendations that are subject to change at any time. These recommendations are provided only as a guide. It is always the pesticide applicator's responsibility, by law, to read and follow all current label directions for the specific pesticide being used. Due to constantly changing labels and product registrations, some of the recommendations given in this writing may no longer be legal by the time you read them. If any information in these recommendations disagrees with the label, the recommendation must be disregarded. No endorsement is intended for products mentioned, nor is criticism meant for products not mentioned. Northeast Nursery and UMass Extension at UMass Amherst assume no liability resulting from the use of these recommendations.

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