The season for spring pests is upon us. While some insects do a landscape good,
others don't. Take lace bugs, for example. They're quick in their quest to decimate
your trees and plants.
Here are some tips to help protect your trees and shrubs:
• DON'T UNDERESTIMATE THEIR
LIFECYCLE. Lace bugs overwinter
as eggs, producing several generations
a year.
• DON'T FORGET PROPER PLANT
CARE, maintain plants in good vigor with
proper watering, mulching and fertilization.
Apply insect controls if needed.
• DO KNOW WHICH PLANTS ARE
PRONE TO INFESTATION. Alder, ash,
birch, ceanothus, fruit trees, photinia,
poplar, sycamore, walnut, azaleas,
rhododendrons and willow are among
those favored by lace bugs.
• DO INSPECT PLANTS FOR SIGNS OF
INFESTATION. Since lace bug damage
mimics mites and other feeders (stippling
and bleached-out leaves), look at the
lower leaf surface for dark specks caused
by excrement.
Ask your professionally trained arborist about a lace bug-specific
management program to treat and protect both trees and shrubs.
Lace Bugs DO's & DON'Ts
DO's
DONT's
SPRING
PEST
CONTROL
