- Aspen Twig Gall
- Botryodiplodia and Tubercularia Canker
- Boxelder Bug
- Bronze Birch Borer
- Cytospora Canker
- Deep Root Fertilization
- Dutch Elm Disease
- Elm Bark Beetle
- Fireblight
- Honeylocust Pod Gall Midge
- Honeysuckle Witches/Broom Aphid
- IPS Beetle
- Marssonina Leaf Blight
- Mountain Pine Beetle
- Needle Cast of Evergreens
- Oystershell Scale
- Pine Tip Moth
- Pitch Mass Borer
- Pitch Nodule Moth
- Powdery Mildew
- Thyronectria Canker
- Tussock Moth
- Zimmerman Pine Moth
- A Cool Drink of Water…
Honeylocust Pod Gall Midge
Plants Affected:
Honeylocust.
Symptoms:
Leaves on the ends of branches curl up and form small pods. They will have a light green to brownish color.
Life Cycle:
Small flies lay eggs in new leaflets as they form in the spring. Small “worms” hatch and begin feeding, causing the leaflet to curl into a pod.
Treatment/Care:
Chemical treatments are usually ineffective because of the precise timing needed to spray the insect in the spring and the variability of egg laying throughout the region. The leaf pod forms quickly which prevents chemicals from reaching the “worm” inside.