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According to Ohio State University’s College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences the Asian Longhorned Beetle is a big, shiny-black beetle with white spots. Has very long antennae, which are black with white stripes....
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, feral swine “are a combination of Eurasian wild boar and escaped or neglected domestic swine.” Adults in Ohio can range from 125 to 200 pounds, but...
According to Ohioline Ohio State University Extension, Thousand Cankers Disease “is an emerging disease causing widespread mortality of walnut trees in the western United States.” According to ThousandCankers.com, is primarily affects black walnut trees...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Forestry, Beech Leaf Disease “affects American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and possibly European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and no causal agent has yet been identified.” Symptoms...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, the Quagga Mussel is a fingernail-sized mussel which is “rounded, fan-shaped, and attached by a hinge. It is smooth...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, Hydrilla is “a submerged aquatic perennial that could be considered nature’s “perfect weed.” It comes in two forms, dioecious...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, Curly-leaf Pondweed has leaves that are submerged. Coloration is described as “olive-green to reddish-brown leaves have rounded tips, narrowing...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, the Zebra Mussel is a mollusk the size of a fingernail. It attaches to hard objects, and is “...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, the Red Swamp Crayfish is a large, dark-red crayfish. Raised spots cover the crayfish. According to the Great Lakes...
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Ohio Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species, the Round Goby is a small bottom-dwelling fish with “very distinctive frog-like raised eyes.” According to the United States...
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