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Elm seed bugs are native to Europe and the Mediterranean and were first documented stateside in Idaho in 2012. In 2017, the species was discovered in Colorado in Mesa, Delta and Montrose counties.
Idaho residents have a new summer pest to worry about: the elm seed bug (Arocatus melanocephalus). These insects, about 6 mm ...
Q • My elm tree has been dropping lots of brown, pin-head-size “seeds” during the last few days. What are they? Skip to main content Skip to main content ...
It is native to Europe and was first detected in Idaho in 2012. Since then, it has spread to Oregon, Utah and western Colorado. The insect feeds on the seeds of elm trees.
Elm trees are shedding a lot of seeds this season due to drought conditions last year. According to the City of Regina, the trees overproduced last year and now the seeds are falling off the trees.
These much more desirable trees include the lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia, aka Chinese elm), the American ... If you have a great deal of weedy tree seeds that have escaped onto your property, ...
A question came into the weather office this week asking what weather element has made the elm tree seed showers so thick this year. Our response is that this likely is an example of anecdotal ...
Dutch elm disease is the grim reaper of United States’ elm trees. Since the 1930s, it caused wilt and death for native elm species all over the country, spreading from tree to tree through root grafts ...
Elm seed bugs (arocatus melanocephalus) are relatively new to Idaho. They first established in 2009 near Boise but have since been found throughout the state wherever elm trees grow.
One of the largest old elm trees in Toronto — possibly in all of southern Ontario — is on its last legs. But as the city finalizes plans to take down the Barton Avenue landmark next week, a ...