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Volume 14 No. 11 September 21, 2007

This is an Index of articles in the 2007 volume of the Branching Out Newsletter. We provide this index as an overview of the variety of information we provide in Branching Out. The page numbers refer to the hard copy of the newsletter, not the website pages.

2007 Index  ( If the # symbol appears before the number it refers to the Insert number).

Scouting Report                      Page

Aphids.......................................................... 7
Apple Scab.............................................. 6,22
Arborvitae Leafminer................. 10,20,22,34
Ash Anthracnose...................................... 17
Ash Plant Bug............................................ 17
Asteroma Leaf Spot.................................. 34
Azalea Bark Scale ............................. 3,18,26
Azalea Gall.................................................. 22
Azalea Sawfly........................................ 16,18
Azalea Whitefly.......................... 14,#7,30,35
Bagworms........................................... 6,20,33
Balsam Twig Aphid..................................... 5
Balsam Woolly Adelgid............................. 5
Beech Scale................................................ 34
Birch Leafminer.......................................... 11
Black Bean Aphid...................................... 14
Black Leaf Spot of Elm.............................. 26
Black Vine Weevil..................................... 20
Boxelder 'Blight'......................................... 26
Boxelder Bug.............................................. 26
Boxwood Leafminer.................... 10,16,18,34
Boxwood Mite............................................ 14
Boxwood Psyllid........................................ 10
Bronze Birch Borer............................... 20,22
Brown Rot of Stone Fruit......................... 26
Calico Scale........................................ 7,22,26
Cankerworms.............................................. 14
Cedar Apple Rust...................................... 18
Cercospora Leaf Spot............................... 10
Cicada Killer Wasp.................................... 34
Cooley Spruce Galls....................... 2,9,#7,29
Cottony Taxus Scale....................... 18,24,25
Curled Rose Sawfly................................... 26
Cyclaneusma Needlecast ................ 2,33,37
Diplodia Blight............................................. 4
Dogwood Anthracnose.............................. 7
Dogwood Borer........................................... 7
Dogwood Sawfly.................................. #7,30
Dothistroma............................................. 2,14
Douglas-fir Needle Midge.......................... 2
Downy Leaf Spot....................................... 18
Dutch Elm Disease.................................... 26
Eastern Spruce Galls.............................. 2,13
Eastern Tent Caterpillar.......... 3,10,18,33,38
Elm Bark Beetles.......................................... 3
Elongate Hemlock Scale................... 3,16,18
Eriophyid Mites on Conifers..................... 9
Euonymus Caterpillar ..................... 11,15,34
Euonymus Scale...................... 7,16,18,22,30
European Elm Scale................................... 26
European Fruit Lecanium Scale....... 7,18,27
European Pine Sawfly................................. 9
European Pine Shoot Moth....................... 4
European Red Mite................................ 3,16
Fall Webworm....................................... #7,30
Fireblight..................................................... 18
Fletcher Scale................................ 3,22,25,39
Forest Tent Caterpillar.................... 11,19,22
Four Lined Plant Bug................................ 19



Friendly Fly................................................ 27
Gall on Oak Twigs..................................... 38
Globose Scale............................................. 27
Golden Oak Scale....................................... 24
Gymnosporangium Rusts........................... 6
Gypsy Moth.................................. 7,11,15,38
Hawthorn Leafminer.................................. 23
Hemlock Rust............................................. 25
Hemlock Rust Mite...................................... 3
Hemlock Scale.................................... 3,#8,33
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.... 3,7,10,17,#7,29
Herbicide Damage..................................... 34
Hibiscus Sawfly......................................... 30
Holly Injury................................................ 30
Honeylocust Plant Bug....................... 11,15
Honeylocust Pod Gall............................... 11
Honeylocust Spider Mite............... 24,34,40
Honeysuckle Aphid.................................... 7
Honeysuckle Leaf Blight.......................... 30
Horsechestnut Leaf Blotch...................... 27
Imported Willow Leaf Beetle................... 15
Inchworms.................................................... 3
Irrigation Issues......................................... 30
Japanese Beetle.................................... 24,27
Juniper, etc. Problems............................... 29
Juniper Scale...................................... 6,19,22
Juniper Webworm............................. 6,25,#8
Kuwana Pine Mealybug........................... 29
Lace Bugs.................................... 11,15,#7,31
Lacewing Eggs........................................... 34
Larch Casebearer............................. 10,35,38
Leafcutter Bee Damage............................. 38
Leafhoppers.......................................... 27,35
Leopard Moth............................................ 35
Lilac Borer..................................................... 7
Linden Bark Borer...................................... 23
Linden Looper............................................ 19
Locust Borer............................................... 38
Locust Leafminer....................................... 31
Lophodermium ...................... 20,21,#8,35,37
Magnolia Scale............................. 4,#7,31,40
Maple Bladder Gall Mite............................. 7
Maskell Scale ............................................ 33
Mimosa Webworm.......................... 24,27,36
Mossy Rose Gall....................................... 27
Mountain Ash Sawfly......................... 20,23
Nantucket Pine Tip Moth...................... 4,#8
Native Holly Leafminer................... 11,19,#7
Oak Anthracnose...................................... 31
Oak Leaf Blister.......................................... 19
Oak Skeletonizer........................................ 39
Oak Spider Mite.................................... 20,23
Obscure Scale............................................ 31
Oystershell Scale............................. 16,19,23
Pales Weevil....................................... 2,36,37
Peachtree Borer.......................................... #8
Pear Scab.................................................... 39
Pear Thrips................................................. 19
Pecan Leaf Casebearer.............................. 27
Phomopsis Gall on Forsythia................... 31

Phyllosticta Leafspot on Witch Hazel.... 23
Phytotoxicity.............................................. 35
Pine Bark Adelgid.............................. 6,11,13
Pine Needle Scale............................ 16,17,29
Pine-Pine Gall Rust.............................. 7,9,13
Pine Shoot Beetle...................................... 29
Pine Spittlebugs.................................... 11,13
Pine Tortoise Scale.................................... 21
Ploioderma Needlecast........................ 13,21
Poplar and Willow Borer.......................... 39
Privet Rust Mite............................... 11,15,31
Privet Thrips............................................... 15
Rhabdocline Needlecast..................... 2,9,17
Rhododendron Borer........................... 12,23
Rhododendron Leaf Loss........................ 39
Rose Leafhopper....................................... 15
Rose Slug Sawfly....................................... 19
Slime Mold.................................................. 35
Southern Red Mite................................. 4,15
Snowball Aphid......................................... 11
Spiny Elm Caterpillar................................. 23
Spruce Bud Scale....................................... 22
Spruce Budworm......................................... 7
Spruce Spider Mite.................... 3,7,10,36,38
Sugar Maple Borer.................................... 39
Swiss Needlecast...................................... 3,6
Sycamore Anthracnose............................ 19
Tar Spot...................................................... 39
Tarnished Plant Bug................................. 27
Taxus Mealybug.......................................... 6
Tilehhorned Prionus............................ 31,35
Tuliptree Aphid......................................... 35
Tuliptree Scale...................................... 36,39
Twobanded Japanese Weevil................. 23
Twospotted Spider Mite..................... 16,#7
Viburnum Leaf Beetle ............. 4,12,16,#7,31
Weir's Cushion Rust................................. 14
Whitefly on Japanese Holly.................... 23
White Pine Root Decline.......................... #8
White Pine Weevil................................. 3,22
White Prunicola Scale............................ 4,20
Winter Injury on Rhododendron............ 11
Woolly Beech Aphid................................ 16
Woolly Larch Adelgid......................... 10,14
Zimmerman Pine Moth................................ 7

Feature Article                          Insert
Choosing Among Miticides for Trees and Shrubs        #1

Commonly Observed Beneficial Insects #6

Diagnosing Plant Problems: Abiotic Diseases vs. Biotic Diseases             #9

European Fire Ant .................................... #4

Exotic Insect Pest Update........................ #3

Getting to Know the Symptoms.............. #5

Summer Course Stories ........................... #8

Thoughts About Rapid Decline and Death of 2-3 Needle Pines  #10

Verticillium Wilt Refresher....................... #7

Weeds of the Month: Giant Hogweed and Wild Parsnip              #2

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