Find information on key insects, weeds and pests, including symptoms and cycles.

Gray Leaf Spot

Disease

Gray leaf spot is a foliar disease that affects perennial ryegrass an...

Gray Snowmold

Disease

Damage from snow mold fungi usually becomes apparent as the snow melt...

Green June Beetle

Insect

Adult beetles are ¾ to 1 inch long. The adult's upper body is velvety...

Ground Ivy

Weed

Ground ivy is a creeping winter perennial. The leaves are round to ki...

Hedge Mustard

Weed

This is an introduced annual plant about 1.5' to 3.5' tall that branc...

Henbit

Weed

Henbit is a winter annual occasionally found in lawns in early spring...

Japanese Beetle

Insect

Japanese beetles are one of the most common pests in Northeast garden...

Lace Bug

Insect

Lace bugs are common pests of azalea, rhododendron, sycamore, broad-l...

Large Patch

Disease

Large patch is a new name for an old disease of warm-season turfgrass...

Leaf Beetle

Insect

The lily leaf beetle adult is a striking insect with a bright scarlet...

Leaf Hopper

Insect

Leafhopper adults are elongated, wedge shaped and somewhat triangular...

Leaf Miner

Insect

Leafminers are usually the larvae of flies, moths, or beetles that fe...

Mealybug

Insect

Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale i...

Melting Out

Disease

Leaf spot is one of the most widespread fungus in coolseason turfgras...

Milkweed

Weed

The milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous pla...

Mites

Insect

Spider mites are common pest problems on many plants around yards and...

Mole Cricket

Insect

The mole crickets compose family Gryllotalpidae, of thick-bodied inse...

Morning Glory

Weed

Morning glory (Ipomoea species) is a popular, annual, flowering vine ...

Musk Thistle

Weed

Musk thistle is a biennial weed that reproduces only from seed. The ...

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Weed

Pennsylvania Smartweed, a native annual plant is 1-4' tall, branching...

Pigweed - Amaranthus palmeri

Weed

Pigweed (Amaranthus palmeri) is a species of edible flowering plant i...

Pitted Morningglory

Weed

Pitted morningglory is a member of the Convolvulaceae or morningglory...

Poa annua

Weed

Poa annua, also known as annual meadow grass or more commonly as annu...

Poison Ivy

Weed

Poison Ivy is a three leaf plant or vine that grows throughout North ...

Powdery Mildew

Disease

Powdery mildews are common on many kinds of plants. Although they may...

Prostate Pigweed

Weed

Postrate Pigweed is a summer annual with branched stems up to 2' long...

Purple Nutsedge

Weed

Purple Nutsedge is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up t...

Purslane

Weed

Purslane is a summer annual with prostrate growth from a tap root and...

Pythium Blight

Disease

Pythium blight begins in mature turf as small slimy or greasy looking...

Pythium Root Rot

Disease

Pythium root rot is a persistent problem in areas that are poorly dra...

Red Clover

Weed

Red Clover is a perennial with trifoliate leaves and pink to red flow...

Redroot Pigweed

Weed

Redroot pigweed is a summer annual broadleaf weed that is typically a...

Red Thread

Disease

Red thread is a foliar disease that usually occurs on taller mown tur...

Scale

Insect

Scale insects are small, immobile insects with no visible legs or ant...

Sod Webworm

Insect

Here are several species of caterpillars called sod webworms that can...

Spotted Spurge

Weed

Spotted spurge is a summer annual with a taproot; it has an open and ...

Spring Dead Spot

Disease

Spring dead spot symptoms appear in circular patches from 6 inches to...

Summer Patch

Disease

Summer patch has been showing up on lawns for the last 2-3 weeks. Thi...

Sunflower

Weed

Sunflower is an annual, erect, broadleaf plant with a strong taproot ...

Take All Patch

Disease

Take-all patch, caused by the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. gra...

Gray Leaf Spot

Disease

Gray leaf spot is a foliar disease that affects perennial ryegrass an...

Gray Snowmold

Disease

Damage from snow mold fungi usually becomes apparent as the snow melt...

Green June Beetle

Insect

Adult beetles are ¾ to 1 inch long. The adult's upper body is velvety...

Ground Ivy

Weed

Ground ivy is a creeping winter perennial. The leaves are round to ki...

Hedge Mustard

Weed

This is an introduced annual plant about 1.5' to 3.5' tall that branc...

Henbit

Weed

Henbit is a winter annual occasionally found in lawns in early spring...

Japanese Beetle

Insect

Japanese beetles are one of the most common pests in Northeast garden...

Lace Bug

Insect

Lace bugs are common pests of azalea, rhododendron, sycamore, broad-l...

Large Patch

Disease

Large patch is a new name for an old disease of warm-season turfgrass...

Leaf Beetle

Insect

The lily leaf beetle adult is a striking insect with a bright scarlet...

Leaf Hopper

Insect

Leafhopper adults are elongated, wedge shaped and somewhat triangular...

Leaf Miner

Insect

Leafminers are usually the larvae of flies, moths, or beetles that fe...

Mealybug

Insect

Mealybugs are insects in the family Pseudococcidae, unarmored scale i...

Melting Out

Disease

Leaf spot is one of the most widespread fungus in coolseason turfgras...

Milkweed

Weed

The milkweeds, is a genus of herbaceous perennial, dicotyledonous pla...

Mites

Insect

Spider mites are common pest problems on many plants around yards and...

Mole Cricket

Insect

The mole crickets compose family Gryllotalpidae, of thick-bodied inse...

Morning Glory

Weed

Morning glory (Ipomoea species) is a popular, annual, flowering vine ...

Musk Thistle

Weed

Musk thistle is a biennial weed that reproduces only from seed. The ...

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Weed

Pennsylvania Smartweed, a native annual plant is 1-4' tall, branching...

Pigweed - Amaranthus palmeri

Weed

Pigweed (Amaranthus palmeri) is a species of edible flowering plant i...

Pitted Morningglory

Weed

Pitted morningglory is a member of the Convolvulaceae or morningglory...

Poa annua

Weed

Poa annua, also known as annual meadow grass or more commonly as annu...

Poison Ivy

Weed

Poison Ivy is a three leaf plant or vine that grows throughout North ...

Powdery Mildew

Disease

Powdery mildews are common on many kinds of plants. Although they may...

Prostate Pigweed

Weed

Postrate Pigweed is a summer annual with branched stems up to 2' long...

Purple Nutsedge

Weed

Purple Nutsedge is a perennial plant, that may reach a height of up t...

Purslane

Weed

Purslane is a summer annual with prostrate growth from a tap root and...

Pythium Blight

Disease

Pythium blight begins in mature turf as small slimy or greasy looking...

Pythium Root Rot

Disease

Pythium root rot is a persistent problem in areas that are poorly dra...

Red Clover

Weed

Red Clover is a perennial with trifoliate leaves and pink to red flow...

Redroot Pigweed

Weed

Redroot pigweed is a summer annual broadleaf weed that is typically a...

Red Thread

Disease

Red thread is a foliar disease that usually occurs on taller mown tur...

Scale

Insect

Scale insects are small, immobile insects with no visible legs or ant...

Sod Webworm

Insect

Here are several species of caterpillars called sod webworms that can...

Spotted Spurge

Weed

Spotted spurge is a summer annual with a taproot; it has an open and ...

Spring Dead Spot

Disease

Spring dead spot symptoms appear in circular patches from 6 inches to...

Summer Patch

Disease

Summer patch has been showing up on lawns for the last 2-3 weeks. Thi...

Sunflower

Weed

Sunflower is an annual, erect, broadleaf plant with a strong taproot ...

Take All Patch

Disease

Take-all patch, caused by the fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. gra...