Author Archives: Jen Llewellyn

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About Jen Llewellyn

OMAFRA Nursery and Landscape Specialist @onnurserycrops

Have You Seen This Red and Black Bug?

It looks like a boxelder bug doesn’t it?  Ah, but boxelder bugs have a lot more solid black on their wings.  Maybe a milkweed bug? No, they have red and black wings but no black circles like this one. Can’t … Continue reading →

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IPM in The Middle of August

  We recently cracked a case of stunted, distorted leaves and premature leaf drop on honeylocust this week….

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Watch Out For Hot Spots of Magnolia Scale

Magnolia scale females have given birth to live young, and these tiny, dark crawlers have started to venture out to feed on twigs in the landscape.  Signs of magnolia scale include honeydew: sticky leaves and sticky residue on vehicles and … Continue reading →

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Watch Our For Hot Spots of Magnolia Scale

Magnolia scale females have given birth to live young, and these tiny, dark crawlers have started to venture out to feed on twigs in the landscape.  Signs of magnolia scale include honeydew: sticky leaves and sticky residue on vehicles and … Continue reading →

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2020 – The Year of the MITES!

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The Friday Report – July 24, 2020

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The Friyay Report – July 17th

One of the most filthiest scale insect pests known to horticulturalists, the Euonymus scale (Unaspis euonymi) is a tiny little armored scale that covets evergreen Euonymus fortunei in the garden or landscape.  Adult females have a dark cover that is wider at the posterior end, sea-shell in appearance with white margins. The smaller males have […]

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Treat the 2nd Generation BTM Larvae in Toronto NOW

Now is the time to detect and treat for actively feeding box tree moth larvae in Toronto Continue reading →

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Be On The Lookout for the Spotted Lanternfly NYMPHS!

Here’s a pest you may have heard about, the Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula).  It is not a fly, but a planthopper. In the Order Hemiptera, Family Fulgoridae.  It is actually a much stronger hopper than it is a flyer.  They may … Continue reading →

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Japanese Beetles Have Started To Emerge

                 Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) adults are starting to take flight in southern Ontario!

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