edit note: As usual, I intend to post excerpts from these Landscape Messages for general information. I know it's from Massachusetts but other New England states should have similar conditions. Please go to the links for further details.

-Claire

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'Landscape Message: May 18, 2018

"The Landscape Message will be updated weekly in May and June. The next message will be posted on May 25. To receive immediate notification when the next Landscape Message update is posted, be sure to join our e-mail list."

"Sometimes other critters besides insects are causing tree damage - see this week's update under the Insect section."

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"A note about Tick Awareness: deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis), the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) are all found throughout Massachusetts. Each can carry their own complement of diseases. Anyone working in tick habitats (wood-line areas, forested areas and landscaped areas with ground cover) should check themselves regularly for ticks while practicing preventative measures. Have a tick and need it tested? Visit the web page of the UMass Laboratory of Medical Zoology (https://www.tickreport.com/(link is external) ) and click on the red Test a Tick button for more information.

Reported by Tawny Simisky, Extension Entomologist, UMass Extension Landscape, Nursery, & Urban Forestry Program

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