Hackberry emperor butterflies take flight at the entrance to the Roth Trailhead at the University of Kansas Field Station. A crowd slowed traffic one recent morning on a road north of Lawrence, but it ...

Have you seen something that looks like snowflakes on leaves or branches? If you take a closer look at the white floof, you’ll see that they’re actually insects.Asian woolly hackberry aphids can be ...

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Q: I have a hackberry tree that has started to grow in the middle of a rose bush. The ground is dry, hard caliche. For the past three years, we have suffered through a drought. I appreciate any tree ...