Green Lace wings are the true beauties of the beneficial insect world. The larvae are the active insect predators and are sometimes called “aphid lions”. It has been reported that they can eat up to 600 aphids, each in their lifetimes. As, adults Lace wings are good pollinators for all your flowers and vegetables.
Powdery mildews appear as white or gray powdery growth on the surface of leaves in the garden. This is rarely a fatal disease however; infected plants are unsightly and can make fruit and flowers unmarketable.
Through out the year at True Care, we deal with one of the most common, and destructive pests in the garden, from the smallest flower, to the largest tree; Spider mites. These mites are not actual “insects”. They are more closely related to ticks and spiders.
These can be serious pests of trees, shrubs and indoor plants. There are roughly about 6,000 species of scale insects in the world.
This infection can cause blossom blight, falling and dead leaves, branch dieback and rot the fruit in many of the Prunus species.
The spotted wing drosophila is a new and important pest impacting fruit in Oregon. The most significant difference between common fruit flies and the spotted winged drosophila is that it attacks healthy, ripening fruit other than just damaged or rotting fruit.
These sap-sucking insects often feed in clusters under leaves and on new succulent shoots.
Lady Bugs or Ladybird Beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Of all the beneficial insects, Ladybird beetles or Lady Bugs must be the best known, in all urban landscapes. There are around 4000 species of Lady Bugs, world wide, with 350 to 450 in the continental US. Some of the beetles in the US are native and some [...]
Systemic Injection Methods for Tree Insects and Disease If your trees and shrubs become unpleasant and unhealthy, with falling leaves, or sticky dripping all over the ground below, they will loose some of their appeal. Symptoms: Honeydew, a dilute solution of carbohydrates, amino acids, minerals, and other substances is that sticky liquid causing all the [...]
Apple Scab Venturia inaequalis Apple scab is a fungus that is of major economic importance all over the world. This disease will occur every year, as the fungal spores travel with wind and rain. It can reduce the size and quality of the fruit, and cause defoliation of the entire tree. Apple scab can attack [...]
