This is a generalized checklist of when some of the more important insect-related events tend to occur in the Central, South, and East Counties areas. Year to year variations are considerable and this should only be used as a guideline to anticipate and help recognize common insect occurrences.
Strawberry root weevils: Migrations into homes accelerate.
Sun spiders (wind scorpions): Peak period of indoor migrations.
Peachtree borer: Egg-laying typically begins. Preventive sprays should be made at this time to kill newly hatching larvae.
Elm leaf beetle: First-generation larvae become full-grown and move down the trunk to pupate.
Black vine weevil: Adult leaf notching injuries are obvious on euonymus and rhododendron.
Leaf curling aphids: Most species have departed from overwintering host trees and shrubs.
Cooley spruce gall adelgids: Peak period of emergence from galls and migration to Douglas-fir alternate host.
Pinyon pitch mass borer: Adult emergence continues and egg-laying begins.
Codling moth: Flights and egg-laying of the second, most damaging, a new generation often begins at this time.
Leafcutter bees: Characteristic cut leaf injury begins to appear on rose, lilac, and other susceptible hosts.
Apple maggot: Expect the emergence of adult flies and the onset of egg-laying. Monitor flights with sticky traps.
Mexican bean beetle: Larvae begin to damage beans.
Colorado potato beetle: Peak period of larval injury. End of first-generation.
Tobacco budworm: Early evidence of injury to flowers may be present.
Sod webworms: Watch for damage to turfgrasses by the second generation larvae.
Honey bee swarms: This is commonly a time for peaks in swarming in sunny afternoons.
Codling moth: Second-generation continues to lay eggs. Monitor flights with pheromone traps.
Elm leaf beetle: Second-generation egg laying and hatch often occur in late July.
Cooley spruce gall: Abandoned galls become dry and very conspicuous.
Pearslug: Larvae damage plum, cotoneaster.
Elm aphids: Stages on leaves excrete large amounts of honeydew.
Tomato hornworms: Peak damage by larvae occurs over the next month.
Potato/tomato psyllid: Symptoms may begin to appear on potatoes and tomatoes.
Mexican bean beetle: Larvae begin to damage beans.
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Strawberry root weevils: Migrations into homes accelerate.
Sun spiders/Windscorpions: Migrations into homes often peak around this time.
Peachtree borer: Egg-laying typically begins. Preventive sprays should be made at this time to kill newly hatching larvae.
Elm leaf beetle: First-generation larvae become full-grown and move down the trunk to pupate.
Black vine weevil: Adult leaf notching injuries are obvious on euonymus and rhododendron.
Leaf curling aphids: Most species have departed from overwintering host trees and shrubs.
Douglas-fir tussock moth: Typical peak period of injury. Monitor infested trees.
Cooley spruce gall adelgids: Peak period of emergence from galls and migration to Douglas-fir alternate host.
Pinyon pitch mass borer: Adult emergence continues and egg-laying begins.
Mountain pine beetle: Adult emergence usually begins.
Leafcutter bees: Characteristic cut leaf injury begins to appear on rose, lilac, and other susceptible hosts.
Mexican bean beetle: Larvae begin to damage beans.
Tobacco budworm: Early evidence of injury to flowers may be present.
Grasshoppers: Egg egg largely completed. The optimum time for treatment.
Sod webworms: Watch for damage to turfgrasses by the second generation larvae.
Ant swarms: Winged ants are forced out of colonies during warm afternoons following rainfall events
Codling moth: Second, and most damaging, generation begins to lay eggs.
Elm leaf beetle: Second-generation egg laying and hatch often occur in late July.
Sawflies: Neodiprion autumnal may cause damage peak in midsummer.
Cooley spruce gall: Abandoned galls become dry and very conspicuous.
Pearslug: Larvae damage plum, cotoneaster.
Elm aphids: Stages on leaves excrete large amounts of honeydew.
Tomato hornworms: Peak damage by larvae occurs over the next month.
Potato/tomato psyllid: Symptoms may begin to appear on potatoes and tomatoes.
Grasshoppers: Damage accelerates over the next month.
Mexican bean beetle: Larvae begin to damage beans.
European paper wasp: Colonies start to increase greatly in size and foraging adults are commonly seen.
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