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  2. Pyemotes herfsi - Wikipedia

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    Pyemotes herfsi, also known as the oak leaf gall mite or the oak leaf itch mite, is an ectoparasitic mite identified in Europe and subsequently found in India, Asia, and the United States. The mite parasitizes a variety of insect hosts and is able to bite humans, causing red, itchy, and painful wheals (welts). The mites are barely visible ...

  3. Taphrina caerulescens - Wikipedia

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    Taphrina caerulescens infects about 50 different species of oak (Quercus), predominately red oak (Q. erythrobalanus) and some white oak (Q. leurobalanus).Oak leaf blister is found across the country and in varying parts of the world but is most severe in the southeast and Gulf States of the U.S. [6] It is generally accepted that a T. caerulescens strain isolated from one host cannot be used to ...

  4. Cicadas come with an itchy pest — tiny mites that can cause ...

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    Hundreds of thousands of the tiny wind-soaring and itch-inducing critters can fall from trees every day and are packed with a venom that can paralyze prey 166,000 times their size.

  5. Foamy bark canker - Wikipedia

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    Other cultural techniques of sanitation and overall health of the oak trees by keeping up with watering, fertilizer or mulch needs, and pruning may help. It is very important to diagnose foamy bark canker disease correctly and promptly in order to manage the disease properly because if a tree is already infected, the removal of the tree is the ...

  6. Phytophthora ramorum - Wikipedia

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    The disease kills oak and other species of trees and has had devastating effects on the oak populations in California and Oregon, as well as being present in Europe. Symptoms include bleeding cankers on the tree's trunk and dieback of the foliage , in many cases leading to the death of the tree.

  7. Aceria mackiei - Wikipedia

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    Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak. [1] This mite's ability to induce galls in oaks of both the black oak group and the intermediate oak group is unique. [1]

  8. Erysiphe alphitoides - Wikipedia

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    In mature trees the disease is generally less damaging, but in combination with other factors such as defoliation by insects can contribute to tree decline. A study of the effects of E. alphitoides on Quercus robur found it decreased stomatal conductance by 15–30%, did not affect the leaf mass to area ratio, decreased the nitrogen content of ...

  9. How to Get Rid of Dust, According to Cleaning Experts - AOL

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    Dust mites are everywhere, floating in the air and on the furniture and carpets in every room. But experts say these strategies can help you get rid of it.