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Horticultural Pest Update - October 2006
Fall Needle Drop

Fall Needle Drop of Older Needles
on Pine and Spruce

Upcoming EventsPest Watch:

Learn more about pests & diseases impacting plants right now...

Damage/Diseases: Fall Needle Drop in Older Pine and Spruce Trees. Learn more HERE

Insect Pests: Learn more HERE

Plant Pests: Pokeweed. Find details and control information HERE

For more pest resources, visit the links below and check out the Past Pest Updates for this area:

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension in Lancaster County is your on-line yard and garden educational resource. The information on this Web site is valid for residents of southeastern Nebraska. It may or may not apply in your area. If you live outside southeastern Nebraska, visit your local Extension office

Past Pest Updates:

November, December, January, February, March:

April, May:

  • Insect/Mite Pests: Ash Sawfly, Iris Borer, Pine Sawfly

  • Plant Pests: Field Bindweed, Ground Ivy, Henbit

  • Disease/Damage: Cedar-Apple Rust, Ash Rust, Sycamore Anthracnose

June, July:

  • Insect/Mite Pests: Aphids (includes Wooly Aphid), Bean Leaf Beetle, Blister Beetle, Galls, Grasshoppers, Harlequin Bug, Hollyhock Weevil, Spider Mites

  • Disease/Damage: Anthracnose on Trees, Broadleaf Herbicide Damage, Brown Patch, Powdery Mildew, Slime Mold, Tomato Blossom End Rot, Tomato Early Blight & Septoria Leaf Spot

August, September, October: