Mar. 20—BELLAIRE — Invasive insects already posed a threat to trees on Torch Lake's shoreline, and now the hemlock woolly adelgid has been verified in western Antrim County for the first time.

Those treatments have not stopped the spread of the Hemlock woolly adelgid or address the root cause of it reaching Erie — climate change. We all need to do our part to address that.

First, while hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA) is a new topic to my column, this destructive insect has been in Maine since 1999, when it was inadvertently shipped here on an untreated stock of plants ...

The disease is actually caused by two groups of invasive species: ... The hemlock woolly adelgid first came to the East Coast from Japan in 1951, hitting near Richmond, Va., ...

The pests are the emerald ash borer, the hemlock woolly adelgid and European larch canker. ... The state’s plan for the disease would expand quarantine zones north from the coast.

balsam woolly adelgid, beech leaf disease, hydrilla, spotted lanternfly, lesser celandine (recently added), cinnamon vine, European water clover, hemlock woolly adelgid, Kudzu, mile-a-minute weed ...

It’s a team that is fighting invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, beech bark disease and oak wilt along with other such threats as deer, invasive plants and erosion. And it’s a team that has been ...

Pennsylvania's state tree is the eastern hemlock. Its scientific name is "Tsuga canadensis."The eastern hemlock was named the state tree in 1931.These trees are slow-growing and long-lived, taking ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid is a tiny sap-sucking bug that ... leaving the trees vulnerable to diseases, pests and ultimately death. Spongy moths are well-established in Michigan, and are known ...

Balsam Woolly Adelgid Native to Central America, balsam woolly adelgid is a 1-to 2-millimeter-long sap-feeding insect. They are not active insects, but can move via the wind, or being carried by ...