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Two red poinsettia plants sitting on a metal surface, seen from above.

Clinic Holiday Closings (Late 2025 - Early 2026)

The PDIC will be closed during the following dates for the late 2025 - early 2026 holidays: Thanksgiving break: The lab will be closed Thanksgiving (Thursday, November 27th) and the day after…

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

Please note: this message affects all PDIC users, except samples of turf/grasses for the Turf Diagnostic LabSummer is always a busy time for the clinic, and unfortunately this one even more so as we…

A Google street view of the front of the Varsity Research Building, Module 10

Big Changes Coming to the PDIC This Spring!

Two significant changes are coming to the PDIC this spring: Our lab will be moving to the Varsity Research Building (Module 10). We will be launching a new database app (replacing the current…

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

If you missed them last year or didn't get your fill, you'll have another chance to see periodical cicadas (Cicadidae: Magicicada) in NC this year! If you were utterly annoyed by them, hopefully you…

a large brown aphid among Christmas tree needles

2024-25 Clinic Holiday Schedule

As the holiday season approaches, the PDIC will be following scheduled closures based on the university holiday calendar.For Thanksgiving, we will be open through Wednesday, November 17th. The clinic…

A butterfly on a milkweed flower in Avery Co. NC

PDIC Sample Fees Waived for Counties Affected by Helene

In the aftermath of Helene and the devastation that hit Western North Carolina, our hearts go out to those affected. We hope the long process of recovery in the region is helped by the efforts of…

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

As outdoor season begins to ramp up, one unfortunate side effect is more encounters with ticks. These blood-sucking arthropods seek out humans and other animals on which to feed. Several species are…

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

OK I know it's March, so I am going to blame a warm early season this year for our delay getting this done. Better late than never, I guess!Regardless, in total the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic…

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

Chuck Hodges Second Retirement

It is with immense gratitude that we wish the remarkable Dr. Charles "Chuck" Hodges a very happy "second retirement". His formal retirement was 34 years ago from the U.S. Forest Service.Much of his…

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!

As the weather warms up, insects and other animals are becoming more active. I wrote the other day about social wasps waking up, but here I'd like to talk about another close relative you may see in…