Agriculture & Gardens
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Carpenter Ants [fact sheet]
Carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.), along with termites, are the most troublesome structural pest in New Hampshire. Four species live in the state, thre...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Spongy Moth [fact sheet]
The spongy moth (Lymantria dispar) is an important defoliating insect of hardwoods in New Hampshire. A native of Europe and Asia, the spongy moth was ...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Pesticide Safety Education, Natural Resources, Forest & Trees | Agriculture & Gardens, Natural Resources | |
Boxelder Bug [fact sheet]
The boxelder bug, Boisea trivittata, feeds primarily on pistillate (female) and seed bearing boxelder trees by sucking sap from leaves, tender twigs, ...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Guide to Using Wood Ash as an Agricultural Soil Amendment
Introduction<br />
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Wood ash has a long history of use in New England. Our Yankee ancestors used wood ash to make lye for soaps, to clean glas...
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Agriculture & Gardens, Soil Testing Services | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Blacklegged Ticks Increasing in NH [video]
These maps are the results of 27 years of surveying by Dr. Alan Eaton for Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). Black legged ticks occur in all t...
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Dutch Elm Disease [fact sheet]
Dutch elm disease is caused by two closely related fungi, Ophiostoma ulmi or O. novo-ulmi. The fungi are spread from tree to tree by elm bark beetles ...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Conifer Sawflies [fact sheet]
A number of sawfly species are important defoliating pests of ornamental trees in New Hampshire. The damage is done by the larvae which are caterpilla...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Biology and Management of Ticks in New Hampshire [fact sheet]
There are two families of ticks, the Ixodidae (hard ticks) and Argasidae (soft ticks). Those of importance to hikers, campers, and pet owners are in t...
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Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Fall webworm & Eastern Tent Caterpillar [fact sheet]
The fall webworm (Hyphantria cunea) and the Eastern tent caterpillar (Malacosoma americanum) feed on fruit, shade, and woodland trees. They are of lit...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens | |
Scale Insects [fact sheet]
In appearance, scales in general show little resemblance to typical insects. They are well protected by the waxy, almost impermeable shell they live u...
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Pesticide Safety Education, Agriculture & Gardens, Yard & Garden | Agriculture & Gardens |