Learn how to shield fruit trees from wildlife, spot chinch bugs in St. Augustine lawns, and care for live oaks and ...

Learn how to shield fruit trees from wildlife, spot chinch bugs in St. Augustine lawns, and care for live oaks and bottlebrush after Texas freezes. By Neil Sperry, Contributor July 26, 2025 ...

Oak trees, like the ones in Audubon Park, and pesky bugs and insects that can invade your home both fared well in the historic snowstorm in the Louisiana city.

To do the most good for the most things, and support the most life, plant an oak tree, according to research from University of Delaware entomologist Doug Tallamy. The reason?

Q. I have a white oak tree that lost about half of its leaves to a varmint. I’m guessing June bugs that were in a bunch about 15 feet away. The tree did not put out any new growth except late in the ...

As the bugs invade the tree, the oaks start to show symptoms too. The crown of the tree thins, leaving behind dead branches, woodpeckers start to search for larvae in the bark, and there's bark ...

Bizarre-looking bugs known as scale insects may be tiny but they can take down an oak tree. Considered pests, the creatures tend to flock to cities where they weaken, and in some cases, kill trees ...

These root sprouts happen to a small, but significant percentage of live oak seedlings. Sometimes they begin sprouting almost as soon as the tree is 6 to 8 inches in diameter.