Fuchsias have beautiful flowers. The flowers hang gracefully like ballerinas in their colorful tutus. Fuchsia gall mite (Aculops fuchsiae) was accidentally introduced from South America in the 1980s.

Q: I have two types of fuchsia in my yard, one with a purple flower and pinkish-white skirt, and another with a white flower and red multiple skirt. The latter plant has had gall mites for many years.

Indiana trees are now suspected to be home to the oak gall mite, a parasite on a parasite. The oak gall mite, formally known as Pyemotes herfsi, is a nuisance in Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado and has ...

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, ...

This sounds to me like your witch hazels have galls. Insect and mite galls are common on trees and shrubs throughout the Chicago area and are generally nothing to be concerned about. Leaf galls rarely ...

Q: A salesperson at Flowercraft Garden Center in San Francisco recommended that I ask you about approaches for treating fuchsia mites. My old plants have developed curly leaves but still flower nicely ...

A couple of my trees have some odd looking bumps on their leaves. Is there anything I should be doing to help my trees? Your description suggests that your tree has galls. Insect and mite galls are ...

The leaf-galling mite Aceria vitalbae may now be used to combat the pervasive weed old man’s beard, following a decision by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Horizons Regional Council ...

Now that the heat wave has given way to more seasonal temperatures, it is once again pleasant to return outside and begin some late summer tasks. However, for many it will not be the heat that will ...

‘I have some weird, seemingly hollow, green, round balls falling from my oak tree. What in the world are these things?” — S.Y. You are describing an interesting growth that can occur on a variety of ...