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Bugs to look for in Late April

Late April
Household Insects
Ants: Foraging ants in homes are common until temperatures allow them to seek food outdoors.
Tree/Shrub Insects
Cooley spruce gall: Insects continue development and usually begin to produce egg sack in late April.
Lilac/ash borer: Flights of adult moths may begin.
Poplar twiggall fly: Adults emerge and begin to lay eggs in emerging aspen shoots.
Spider mites on pines: Populations may increase rapidly on ponderosa and other susceptible pines
Spiny elm caterpillar: Small colonies of these caterpillars may be seen on willow, hackberry, aspen, elm and other trees.
Douglas-fir beetle: In forested areas, adult emergence, flights and tree attacks may begin.
Brownheaded ash sawfly: Adults may lay eggs during warm days following bud break.
Zimmerman pine moth: Approximate treatment timing for overwintered larvae.
Lawns
Turfgrass mites: Clover mites continue to feed on lawns and enter homes in nuisance migrations.
Nightcrawlers: Tunneling activities and associated lawn lumps continue.
Midges: Non-biting midges emerge from ponds and mating swarms may be observed over lawns.
Garden
Spinach leafminer: Egg laying and tunneling begins in older spinach foliage.
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