In this WBAL TV interview, Lou Meyer, business developer for Davey's mid-Atlantic region, talks about the damage cicadas left behind and why it may actually be helpful to the trees.
The cicadas may be gone, but they left behind a parting gift.
Brown leaves are all over trees in Maryland caused by the BroodX cycle of cicadas.
Lou Myer, arborist with the Davey Tree Expert Company, knows all about what the bugs did to trees. During mating, the females etched out branches and laid their eggs in them. The eggs eventually fell back to the earth to start their life cycle again.
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The Davey Tree Expert Company, established in 1880 and headquartered in Kent, Ohio, provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. With 11,000 employees, Davey Tree is the eighth largest employee-owned company in the U.S.
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