Monthly Archives: September 2014

New detection of invasive crane fly (Tipula oleracea) in Utah

It appears that exotic crane flies have invaded a new territory area in North America.  I received a sample for identification from Adam Van Dyke of Professional Turfgrass Solutions based out of West Jordan, Utah.  Adam is a consultant extradordinaire, … Continue reading

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Turfgrass Ant Update- September 2014

Up until this week, we had been receiving a lot of calls and e mails with concerns about turfgrass ant activity.  The warm(er) weather in central PA and throughout the region over the last two weeks seemed to explode ant … Continue reading

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Mysterious burrows showing up in Eastern PA greens and tees

(New Update on the bottom of this post- 9/2/14) My technician Danny Kline received a photo from Landcaster CC in eastern PA this week. It appears that some sort of burrowing insect was unearthing soil and causing mounds on the … Continue reading

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ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

I was challenged by John Kaminski to take the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.  Here is the video of how it went down: IMG_1680

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