While cicadas are harmless, the pests that are drawn to them can bite and cause a rash. What to know about the oak leaf itch ...

Measuring around 0.2 millimeters long, oak leaf itch mites are nearly invisible to to the naked eye, according to Penn State Extension. The insects are reddish-tan in color and are elongated ...

Most of the time these small white insects fly completely under ... and the newly hatched caterpillars, known as oak worms, strip oak trees of leaves and litter sidewalks and driveways with ...

Leaves are the stick bug’s main source of food. They particularly like the leaves on oak trees. The insects eat so much so quickly that they tend to completely “skeletonize” leaves.

INSECTS do not usually give us humans too much concern. However, if one studies even a tiny bit of natural history topics ...

The good news is that oak leaf itch mites cannot survive inside your home. "In order to survive, itch mites need to feed on insect larvae, which are usually found on the inside of tree leaves ...

Leaf infections called "galls" are bumps or growths caused by the feeding of insects or mites. One particularly common version of this rapid explosion of growth is called the common oak gall.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Oak galls are popping up everywhere this fall! They're the tiny, fuzzy yellow or brown balls on oak leaves and branches. You could spot one or two, then dozens around the ...

The latest 17-year brood of cicadas is invading, bringing millions if not billions of the noisy insects to Cincinnati and southwest Ohio. However, cicadas can attract a pest, the oak leaf itch mite.