Cicada season may be over, but another pest emerges right after. Here's how to prevent possible bites and rashes from oak ...

A new pest may emerge in Ohio as Brood XIV cicadas conclude their 17-year life cycle. Oak leaf itch mites can bite people, ...

Galls are abnormal growths and can be caused by a variety of different organisms, including insects and mites, and ...

A gall is an abnormal growth or swelling of a plant caused by hormones released from insects, mites, bacteria, or nematodes. They can appear on any part of the plant with vast variation in morphology, ...

Any larvae in the gall are paralyzed with the mite's venom, which is strong enough to paralyze prey 166,000 times the mite's size, PennState Extension says.

Insects and mites can cause galls. These galls are often on the leaves and stems and usually look like growths or bumps that are not the same color as the rest of the leaf. Sometimes there is also ...

But oak gall midges are far from the only insect the itch mites feed upon. In 2007, the emergence of a particularly prolific brood of cicadas led to an outbreak of itch mites in the Chicago area.

Gall Mites. When your plant leaves, especially plants in the maple family, suddenly have strange growths appear out of nowhere in the spring, you can be sure a gall mite is to blame.

Nearly invisible to the naked eye at just 0.2 millimeters long, oak leaf itch mites commonly feed on larvae of oak gall midge flies that live on pin oak leaves.

The most common gall is bladder gall mite found on silver maple. The crimson erineum mite is usually found on silver maple and causes the formation of red fuzzy patches on the lower leaf surfaces.

Five things to do in the garden this week: Perennials: Hummingbird fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) never stops blooming. As long as you live in a frost-free zone, you can grow it and although it may ...