Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

A: Your lack of success in pruning off fuchsia gall mites damage is typical. The problem is that the mites are crawling all over the plants, so even if you follow the advice to remove infested ...

Later in the year the color of the gall often gets darker, or may even turn completely black. During the winter months the mites overwinter in the bark of the tree.

A: The fuchsia gall mite, a pest that was accidentally introduced to California from the South American homelands of fuchsias in the early 1980s, lives inside the plant, making it hard to reach ...

This is caused by aloe mites — also known as aloe wart mite or aloe gall mite (Aceria aloinis) — that can cause severe damage to some aloes (including this specimen Aloe Twilight Zone cultivar ...

A gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of a plant caused by hormones released from insects, mites, bacteria, or nematodes. They can appear on any part of the plant with vast variation in morphology, ...

Indiana trees are now suspected to be home to the oak gall mite, a parasite on a parasite. The oak gall mite, formally known as Pyemotes herfsi, is a nuisance in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado and has ...

Actually, there is an advantage in growing it where temperatures drop below 40 degrees, since gall mites – which can be a plague upon this species – die at such temperatures.

There are several hundred insects, mites and fungi that cause abnormal growths commonly referred to as galls. They are typically classified as fungal or insect.

Fuchsia gall mite (Aculops fuchsiae) was accidentally introduced from South America in the 1980s. They are microscopic worm-like mites and occur in growing tips year-round and in flowers during ...

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.