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Diseases & Insects

The Bug Clinic We're here to provide answers to your pest problems.  You will find both information and products to help you solve some common pest problems.   Our primary business is the sale of pest control supplies.

This summer's abundant rainfall has resulted in many problems in the garden. The Penn State Cooperative Extension publishes Plant Pathology Fact Sheets to assist in identifying and managing common diseases:
Of particular interest is "What is Growing in my Landscape Mulch?"

Welcome to the Oklahoma Microscopy Society's Ugly Bug Contest Homepage! This page is produced by the Oklahoma Microscopy Society (OMS) as a part of its educational outreach program. Navigation buttons are provided in the margin at the left for your convenience.

Japanese beetle
Fall webworm:
Asian longhorned beetle
Insects that feed on leaves -- sawflies, caterpillars, leafminers, and leaf beetles:
Insects that bore into the wood:
Insects that feed by sucking plant juices -- scale insects, spider mites, and aphids:
Longwood's IPM program is described on their web site with examples, articles, and links:
The Morris Arboretum Plant Clinic will help you identify pests and select an IPM solution

Sudden oak death syndrome: Fungus affecting West Coast treesl
Daylily rust
Fireblight: Affects all plants in the Rose family.
Cedar-apple rust:
Tospoviruses: Greenhouse virus of impatiens, tomatoes, other vegetables.
Anthracnose: Sycamore anthracnose is common this year.
Botrytis
Bacterial scorch:

The Bug Checker Now! from the Garden Humour site! The most comprehensive data base of garden pests on the internet. Find out here exactly what it is that's bugging you.

Doctor Greenfingers help & advice clinic for sick plants & gardeners. Jobs to do diary, video tips.Lots of gardening info.
Edible Insects or, more than you ever wanted to know about eating bugs.
Amazing Grasshopper Facts Provides an overview of their anatomy, as well as poems, bible passages, and recipes that feature them.
Web Directory: All About Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West A field guide, distribution atlas, and other resources.
American Mosquito Control Association Has links to useful information on mosquitoes.
Cockroach Control Manual University of Nebraska-Lincoln site includes a Cockroach Picture Gallery
Mark Watson's Stick Insect Page
Plant & Pest DiagnosticLaboratory A wealth of plant maladies have been covered at this site, which accepts emailed requests for diagnosis of plant diseases and posts answers at the site. Although the site has a disclaimer that the answers are only valid in Indiana.
Iowa State University's Tasty Insect Recipe's
The Complete Guide to Garden Stuff Gardening.com now includes a 4000+ plant encyclopedia, searchable zone maps, daily tips, landscaper's how-to, calculators, monthly garden articles, newsletters and much more
Illinois Cooperative Extension Service Offers solutions to common problems
NCSU Plant Pathogens
NCSU Plant Pathogens
Master Gardener Information: A collection of Texas A&M University Agricultural Extension documents; contains mostly trouble-shooting guides [gopher].
Virtual Plant & Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Edible Landscaping Index This database lists every perennial plant that is worth growing for the sake of its produce.
Blossom End Rot Preventive measures for control on tomatoes, peppers, squash, and watermelons.
Chlorosis: When Green Turns Yellow
Verticillium Wilt
All About Ticks
Beneficial Insects
Solutions to Slug Problem
Controlling Japanese Beetles
Slug control
Gypsy Moth The Gypsy Moth Server at Virginia Tech
Comman Pest in Sakatchewn this is the Master Index for the University of Sakatchewn.
Forest & Shade Tree Pathology A great site includes general information about Fungi, Wood decay and specific decays, Root diseases, Foliage diseases, Rusts, Cankers, Wilts, Diseases caused by bacteria and viruses, Mistletoes and other parasitic plants, Abiotic diseases, and Hazard Trees. Information about Concepts of Disease and Pathogen, Names of Diseases and Pathogens, Silviculture Background, a Syllabus, Glossary, Selected References, and much more.
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