We all like to have a beautiful, green lawn, but what about those trees and shrubs you’ve made such an investment in over the years. Do you give them the care and attention they deserve? The "tiny" threat of aphids, scale & mites can infest your ornamentals before...
We need the rain and we love the warm weather. And so do mosquitoes, making mosquito control a challenge. In addition to being annoying, and their bites being itchy, mosquitoes are downright dangerous as they carry a number of viruses and diseases. We count on...
Warm Winters Mean More Pests in Summer, Right? Not So Fast... You’ve heard it before: A cold winter means fewer insects next summer; warm winter, be prepared for a buggy season. Some things get stated so often and so emphatically that we take them to be truths, but...
Bagworm and Dogwood Borers Can Wreak Havoc Trees and shrubs often have value beyond dollars – memorials to loved ones who have gone before us; the sapling that grew up along with the family we raised; or perhaps a transplant from a loved one’s yard or a former home. ...
The Beetle-Grub Life Cycle is Officially in BEETLE Mania State! It’s late June, and right on cue, adult Japanese beetles are emerging from the ground in droves. While in the grub stage, they ate and weakened the root system of your grass, causing brown, dead patches...
 Virginia saw its first case of the spotted lanternfly (SLF) in January 2018. This insect is an invasive planthopper and is in the same family as aphids, cicadas, and leafhoppers. Spotted lanternflies feed by sucking sap from plants - the life blood of a tree. This...
