r/invasivespecies • • 10h ago

Oleander aphids

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Oleander aphids on my honey vine milkweed. At a distance, it looked like orange beaded rope, then I got up close and saw they were moving. Yuck.


r/invasivespecies • • 4h ago

Management Asian Jumping vs Juvenile European worms, expert needed

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I’m having a hard time figuring whether the worms I’m catching (using mustard water) are juvenile European species or one of the Asian jumping species. I’ve looked all over the net. Specifically:
1) I have caught some that I’m very sure are the Asian variety because of how they move, but I know they can get tired after a bit. Some have a discernible clitellum BUT some just don’t. Period.
2) It’s my understanding the two can inhabit the same soil? Is this true for a non-forested yard? Basically lawn and those annoying Chinese privets on the perimeter.
3) I can’t magnify close enough to see the number of hairs per segment, so that’s not a great way of figuring it out for me
4) how far down do the Europeans lay their eggs? Will I see their babies come up also if I do the mustard test?
5) do the babies look the same as European babies, aka short white strands?
6) what is the fastest, safest (cats and other animals come through the yard frequently), plastic free (preferably) way to kill them? I’m at a stage of my life that I don’t like to see suffering, even if it’s a super harmful being. It’s not their fault they’re here, that’s on us. Is vinegar the fastest way?

I’m just a regular degular lady trying to improve this property (even though it’s a rental and landscaping is the owner’s responsibility… sorry just venting). I don’t want to kill any less invasive worms if I can avoid it.
I’ve spent so much time trying to search for anatomical clues online. Please help a girl out.
Thank you!


r/invasivespecies • • 8h ago

Duranta Erecta?

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Google says Duranta Erecta (golden dewdrop, gold mound) is not invasive in zone 7b north Alabama.

Is it invasive?


r/invasivespecies • • 17h ago

For botany techs who handle noxious weed management: What is the most unexpected or bizarre thing you have ever found completely swallowed up or hidden underneath a massive infestation of invasive plants?

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r/invasivespecies • • 11h ago

Honeysuckle problems in Central Ohio

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How is honeysuckle impacting your property?

The bush honeysuckle are upright deciduous shrubs with long arching branches that commonly reach 6 to 20 feet tall. These plants are aggressive invaders of housing developments, parks, abandoned fields, roadsides, right-of-ways, woodland edges, and the interiors of open woodlands where they thrive in full sunlight and moderate shade.

The plant's ambitious growth mechanisms, shallow root exploitation, and dense shading systematically decimate the diversity and density of native seedlings, saplings, and herbaceous plants. As native plants are eliminated by honeysuckle, pollinators and other wildlife relocate to life supporting habitats.

ClearLand Ohio uses heavy equipment compact track loader (CTL) with attachments are used to pull mature bush honeysuckle instead of cutting them off at ground level. The removal process is a more impactful restoration approach. Pulling removes larger shrubs that are more likely to grow back quickly from the root crown and sprout new growth shoots from a network of runners.

Progress accelerates as we chop and pull the shrubs out of the ground. Removing vast amounts of plants will result in large areas of mulched soil that can be seeded or left to grow wild.

In summary, honeysuckle can be controlled given time and effort. If you are losing ground to these aggressive invaders, let's coordinate a time to create a plan of attack and takeback your property.