Family Tree Doctor

05/30/2026

Viburnum leaf beetle busy defoliating

05/29/2026

https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/boxwood_leafminer_a_serious_pest_of_a_favorite_landscape_plant?utm_source=cc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=extensiondigests

Spring time reveals damage from a boxwood pest that was active late last summer.

05/25/2026

05/22/2026

Bradford pear and others added to invasive species list in Michigan

In addition to the bradford pear tree, Michigan also banned the sale of buckthorn, a voracious invasive shrub that has taken over parks and homes around the state.

05/20/2026

Apple Cedar Rust gall on red cedar just after a rain. The orange tentacles are called telial horns. They shed spores that can potentially infect apple, crabapple, hawthorn, quince, or pear trees. Later in summer, the secondary host sheds spores that infect the cedars again.
Management typically is focused on the alternate host, not the cedars.

05/18/2026

Black Turpentine Beetle pitch tubes on Scotch Pines. Bark beetles attack mostly drought stressed trees.

05/15/2026

Euonymous webworm now hatching in burning bushes!

05/14/2026

https://bygl.osu.edu/index.php/node/2635

Be alert to bagworms! Overwintered bagworm eggs have hatched in southwest Ohio, which is almost a month earlier than last year.

04/29/2026

(Not actually Poo)

Sticky, sugary, honeydew from calico scale is raining down from infested trees in Ohio and Indiana. Be careful where you stand, picnic, or park your car.