News From Plant Disease and Insect Clinic

Snow on bare tree branches at D.H. Hill Library
Winter Weather Impacts, Round 2

January 30, 2026

US map showing 2025 turfgrass sample origins; 71% SE, 41% NC, 13% SW; Top5 NC, FL, SC, TX, CA
2025 Turf Diagnostics Lab Review

January 28, 2026

Snow-covered brick stairway with lamp posts and trees in a winter park
PDIC Adverse Weather Closure

January 23, 2026

A wasp sitting on a leaf. It is mostly dark with some yellow markings
Yellow-Legged Hornet Nest Found in South Carolina Near Charlotte

December 15, 2025

Two red poinsettia plants sitting on a metal surface, seen from above.
Clinic Holiday Closings (Late 2025 - Early 2026)

November 26, 2025

2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zones map of continental US showing color-coded zones
Out-of-State Samples Now Being Accepted

October 14, 2025

A banner showing three images. First is a brilliant blue fungus on a dead branch, second is an iridescent beetle on a leaf, and third shows lichenized algal leaf spots on a magnolia leaf.
Event Announcement: PDIC Open House

September 16, 2025

NC STATE UNIVERSITY banner; turf disease examples labeled Brown patch, Gray Leaf Spot, Pythium blight
Gray Leaf Spot Development in Tall Fescue

July 24, 2025

Four tiles showing different vegetables with disease or disorder symptoms and signs. Top left tomato leaves with chlorosis; Top right squash leaves with powdery mildew; Bottom left broccoli with necrotic leaves; Bottom right pepper leaf with spots.
Important Information Regarding Sample Processing This Summer

June 4, 2025

A Google street view of the front of the Varsity Research Building, Module 10
Big Changes Coming to the PDIC This Spring!

April 15, 2025

A black cicada with orange red eyes and orange markings and wings, rests on the smooth bark of a holly tree with the blues sky in the background.
Here They Come Again! More Periodical Cicadas Will Emerge This Spring

April 3, 2025

A small snowman in a fire pit surrounded by snow.
Clinic Closed Thursday Feb. 20th for Adverse Weather

February 18, 2025

D H Hill Library facade with snow-covered trees and brick retaining wall
PDIC Weather Delay: UPDATE

January 21, 2025

MLK, Jr Day 2025
PDIC Closed January 20, 2025

January 17, 2025

Red flowering shrub branches dusted with fresh snow
PDIC Closing Early on Friday, January 10, 2025

January 10, 2025

a large brown aphid among Christmas tree needles
2024-25 Clinic Holiday Schedule

November 21, 2024

A butterfly on a milkweed flower in Avery Co. NC
PDIC Sample Fees Waived for Counties Affected by Helene

October 9, 2024

Red stylized hurricane symbol: circular eye with two curved pointed spiral arms
What to Consider After a Tropical System for Turf Disease Management

August 8, 2024

Cardboard box labeled "Turf Diagnosis Sample Please Rush" in black marker
Turfgrass Disease Diagnosis: A Bit of Science and a Lot of Art

July 19, 2024

A greenish and pearly colored spider, with long thin legs hangs upside down in a web.
Similar but Different: These Are NOT Joro Spiders

July 17, 2024

Yellow sign reading: LOT CLOSED 6/20-6/27; TOWING ENFORCED on brick sidewalk
Construction Disruptions

June 17, 2024

Top counties by samples submitted excluding turf: Wake 342, Orange 125, Buncombe 93, Mecklenburg 84, New Hanover 82, Henderson 69, Guilford 68, Johnston 68, Durham 56, Nash 51, Macon 43, Harnett 41, Wilson 41, Moore 40, Franklin 39, Pender 39, Cabarrus 38
2023 Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Year in Review

March 26, 2024

graphic of cash with a red slash through it
PDIC No Longer Accepting Cash Payments

February 21, 2024

Looking at the face of a red-eyed, black cicada, legs stretched out in front
The Cicadas Are Coming! Fear Not, Though

February 2, 2024

Wicker cornucopia with apples, banana, mango, tangerine and a multicolored wooden turkey decoration
PDIC Holiday Closings 2023

November 15, 2023

A wasp sitting on lichen-covered bark. It is mostly dark with some yellow markings
Yellow-Legged Hornet Found in Georgia

August 17, 2023

NC State loading zone sign: LZ; 30-min limit; permit required 7AM–5PM M–F; no permit other times
Campus Detour - UPDATE

July 3, 2023

Yellow diamond sign with gray text "CHANGES COMING!"
NC State Turf Diagnostic Lab Major Changes

June 19, 2023

An image of a reddish-brown tick, the deer or blacklegged tick, on a white background
What's That Tick? New Identification Guide to Species in North Carolina Can Help

April 14, 2023

an adult clover mite, Bryobia sp.
Watch Out for These (Arthropod) Spring Home Invaders

March 10, 2023

Bar graph showing the counties with the most number of samples submitted for 2022. Wake = 346, Buncombe = 123, Orange = 114, Henderson = 92, Durham = 55, Guilford = 54, Mecklenburg = 48, Granville = 47, Forsyth = 46, Person = 43, Rockingham = 43, Sampson
2022 Plant Disease and Insect Clinic Year in Review

March 8, 2023

photos showing an adult carpet beetle from the top and side. You can see a small, round/oval beetle with patterns of small orange, white and black scales
NC "Spring" Signals Indoor Carpet Beetle Activity

February 10, 2023

Photograph of Dr. Charles "Chuck" Hodges at his desk in front of microscopes
Chuck Hodges Second Retirement

February 2, 2023

Various molds and yeasts growing on culture media
PDIC Discontinuing Household Mold Identification Service

January 17, 2023

Poinsettia and also a section of tree trunk infected with Armillaria
PDIC Holiday Closings 2022

November 17, 2022

Evergreen twigs with multiple bagworm cases; close-up shows larva in case; © Matt Bertone
Online "Cypress" Diagnostic Guide

October 12, 2022

Large tree canopy extending over a brick wall beneath an overcast sky
PDIC Closing Early 30-Sep-2022

September 30, 2022

A heavy-bodied, black spider with shiny legs.
Local Spiders Confused for Deadly Relatives

June 22, 2022

A nursery web spider (Pisaurina mira) resting on a tree branch in the sun
Late Spring Spiders Common but Not Dangerous

June 7, 2022

A bee in the genus Andrena poking its head out of a tunnel it made in the lawn of an urban yard.
It's the Season for Busy Ground-Nesting Bees!

March 9, 2022

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