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This site contains information on the identification and management of insect pests that attack vegetable and fruit crops in Ohio, on commercial farms and in home gardens.

Please use the links above to get to the specific categories of information available.

 

Recent newsletter postings:

Be on lookout for thrips on strawberries

Bumps on apple fruit (on page 1, continued on pages 4-6)

Ready to prevent worms in apples? (timing of insecticides for codling moth control) (see page 10)

 

 

Information about a potential new pest, the spotted lanternfly (PDF of slideshow): Spotted Lanternfly, March 2020