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Category Archives: landscape
Windsor/Essex area professionals: get trained on Spotted Lanternfly!
Calling all landscape & horticulture professionals in the Windosor/Essex area: We need your help! Landscape Ontario and OMAFA are providing a FREE one-hour training workshop on Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) at two locations in the Windsor/Essex region on August 19th. Never … Continue reading
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: have you scouted for this pest yet?
Cassie Russell, Nursery and Landscape Specialist, OMAFA Hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, is a regulated invasive insect that poses a serious threat to eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in Ontario. This pest is now established in parts of southern Ontario and … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Invasive Species, IPM, landscape, Nursery Production
Tagged hemlock woolly adelgid, hemlock woolly adelgid ontario, hwa, HWA management ontario, HWA ontario, HWA scouting, invasive insects ontario, invasive species ontario, Nursery IPM, nursery scouting, ontario nursery crops
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Training available for terrestrial invasive plants
The Invasive Species Center recently announced a new course: Terrestrial Invasive Plant Training. (And great news, it’s currently FREE!) Visit the Invasive Species Center website for details on this new training course, as well as other courses they have available: … Continue reading
Box Tree Moth management: your final window to target larvae before they overwinter
Many regions have seen a small uptick in box tree moth adult catches over the last two weeks, while other trap catches have remained steady since the start of the second adult flight period in mid-August. These constant catches indicate … Continue reading
Be on the lookout: Spotted Lanternfly are on the move
While the Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) is still NOT established in Canada yet, there have been numerous interceptions and unverified sightings over last couple years, with many being in the months of August and September. At this time of year in … Continue reading
Tree of Heaven: Recognizing and reporting this invasive tree
August is tree check month, and there’s no better time to spotlight one of Ontario’s most notorious invaders — the tree of heaven. Once an introduced ornamental, this fast-growing species now thrives in the most unexpected places: sprouting from sidewalks … Continue reading
Posted in Invasive Species, IPM, landscape
Tagged invasive species ontario, invasive toh, invasive tree ontario, SLF, spotted lanternfly, TOH, tree of heaven
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Boxwoods: Time to check & treat for the next generation of box tree moth
Adult box tree moths have been observed and captured throughout Southern Ontario over the last couple weeks and as their eggs hatch, early instar box tree moth larvae will start to feed again on boxwood shrubs. This second period of … Continue reading
Japanese Beetles Have Started To Emerge in Ontario
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica) adults are starting to take flight in southern Ontario! We had our first pheromone trap captures yesterday, Monday June 23, 2025 in Vineland.
Posted in Insects, Invasive Species, IPM, landscape
Tagged beetles, japanese beetle, JB, JB adults, JB emergence, JB infographic, white grubs
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Plum Pox Virus – Regulated Area Expansion in Hamilton
On Feb 24, 2025 the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced the expansion of the regulated area for plum pox virus in Ontario’s Niagara/Hamilton region. This expansion follows a recent detection of the virus inside the western edge of the … Continue reading
Posted in Diseases, landscape
Tagged CFIA Plum Pox, Plum Pox Virus, PPV, PPV ontario
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Keep a watchful eye, for the Spotted Lanternfly!
While there are still NO known ESTABLISHED populations in Ontario, there have been more recent interceptions and sightings of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly this fall, with a few sighted in the Windsor-Essex region.
Posted in Insects, Invasive Species, landscape
Tagged invasive insects, Invasive species, invasive species ontario, lanternfly, Report SLF, SLF, spotted lanternfly
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