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Leaf or Needle Discoloration
Pine Sawfly
Pine sawflies are conifer-feeding insects. They are categorized into two groups: spring species and summer species. Both feed on pine needles, causing the needles to turn yellow or brown. Sometimes the needles are completely consumed.
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Webs or Bags
Sod Webworms
Sod webworms are grayish-green caterpillars with dark brown heads and brown spots along the length of their bodies. The caterpillars live in silken tunnels at the base of grass blades, feeding on the grass blades at night and hiding in their tunnels during the day.
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Mold or Fungus
Southern Fusiform Rust
Southern fusiform rust is a fungal pathogen that causes trunk and/or branch swelling in pine hosts and rust on oak leaves.
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Mold or Fungus
Tinder Fungus
Tinder fungus is a fungal species that produces large, porous fruiting bodies that often resemble a horse’s hoof. They vary in color, but are most commonly gray, black or brown. The body can be from 2-17 inches across, 1-10 inches wide and 1-10 inches tall.
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Substance on Leaf or Oozing
Woolly Hackberry Aphid
Woolly hackberry aphids (WHA), also called Asian woolly hackberry aphids, are an invasive species from China that are small and usually without wings. They look like fuzzy, white masses found on the underside of stems and leaves
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Spotting on Leaf
Algal Leaf Spot Of Magnolia
Raised, wavy, cushion-like spots are symptoms of algal leaf spot, also known as green scurf. The spots are greenish, pinkish or grayish and less than 1 cm. in diameter. They may encircle a twig, creating a girdling canker.
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Mold or Fungus
Biscogniauxia Canker Of Oaks
Pronounced bisk-o-nee-ox-e-a, this fungus can be identified by the dark-colored, crusty fungus tissue on dead, cankered areas. Light-colored spore masses are frequently seen on branches and stems of severely affected trees. Large pieces of bark may slough off, exposing the fungus underneath.
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Sawdust on Trunk
Black Twig Borer
Black Twig Borers are a species of the ambrosia beetle group that are small, round and dark brown/black in appearance.
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