What bugs/diseases/critters have ya'll seen that weren't around 30-40 years ago?

[kenmbz]

For us it's mostly plant/insect.
Lanternfly - though many have been wiped out here by spiders and other predators.
Asian stink bugs - not as bad as they were , but still around.
Emerald Ash borer - killed all our Ash to the tune of hundreds of trees, quite a few in the 70-100 foot range. Trees are still in the process of dying.

Stiltgrass - everywhere the deer track it, in my lawn, fields, forest, growing through bushes and other plants, along road and driveways.

Garlic mustard - small plants- their root system is famous for killing other plants. I still see them here/there.

Autumn Olive, multflora rose, firebush, honeysuckle and a few others.
These fill in under the trees make them impenetrable.
I have cut thousands down.

We also have some ground cover that looks like a buttercup that seems to be more a nuisance than a problem, but nothing eats it and the bees don't go for the flowers.

Bamboo - this should be banned, took me years to eradicate on my property. Many neighbors have it. Spreads fast and in winter falls over onto roads. I have seen it take over peoples yards and roadsides to the point where they need to bring in dozers to remove it.

 

[WinterDeere]

I wonder what an elk VS deer car collision would be in terms of damage?

My brother hit an elk in a Jeep Wrangler, back in the 1990's. No damage to the elk, but the front bumper of the Wrangler bent back to where it was rubbing the front tire.

Elk looked at him as if to say, "you a--hole", and then wandered off into the woods.

 

[mjonesnh]

For us it's mostly plant/insect.
Lanternfly - though many have been wiped out here by spiders and other predators.
Asian stink bugs - not as bad as they were , but still around.
Emerald Ash borer - killed all our Ash to the tune of hundreds of trees, quite a few in the 70-100 foot range. Trees are still in the process of dying.

Stiltgrass - everywhere the deer track it, in my lawn, fields, forest, growing through bushes and other plants, along road and driveways.

Garlic mustard - small plants- their root system is famous for killing other plants. I still see them here/there.

Autumn Olive, multflora rose, firebush, honeysuckle and a few others.
These fill in under the trees make them impenetrable.
I have cut thousands down.

We also have some ground cover that looks like a buttercup that seems to be more a nuisance than a problem, but nothing eats it and the bees don't go for the flowers.

Bamboo - this should be banned, took me years to eradicate on my property. Many neighbors have it. Spreads fast and in winter falls over onto roads. I have seen it take over peoples yards and roadsides to the point where they need to bring in dozers to remove it.

Stink bugs were bad in this area till this year, wife and I were just talking this week about no stink bugs in months. Farm in KY. had numbers of ash trees damaged with several down on ground and ones standing struggling to recover

 

[Hay Dude]

For us it's mostly plant/insect.
Lanternfly - though many have been wiped out here by spiders and other predators.
Asian stink bugs - not as bad as they were , but still around.
Emerald Ash borer - killed all our Ash to the tune of hundreds of trees, quite a few in the 70-100 foot range. Trees are still in the process of dying.

Stiltgrass - everywhere the deer track it, in my lawn, fields, forest, growing through bushes and other plants, along road and driveways.

Garlic mustard - small plants- their root system is famous for killing other plants. I still see them here/there.

Autumn Olive, multflora rose, firebush, honeysuckle and a few others.
These fill in under the trees make them impenetrable.
I have cut thousands down.

We also have some ground cover that looks like a buttercup that seems to be more a nuisance than a problem, but nothing eats it and the bees don't go for the flowers.

Bamboo - this should be banned, took me years to eradicate on my property. Many neighbors have it. Spreads fast and in winter falls over onto roads. I have seen it take over peoples yards and roadsides to the point where they need to bring in dozers to remove it.

As much as I hate that stuff, I have made some good money eradicating it.

 

[paulsharvey]

Poison Ivy. Never ran into the stuff in FLa, either at home, moms larger property, camping, or walking miles and miles of WMAs. Dont 100% know, but 90% convinced ive got it on my arm. Boss got something similar all over his back a few months ago. I know its native in FLa, but just never ran into it; so you dont even think about it.

 

[dodge man]

The stink bugs have never been worse here. I don’t know if the dry weather is better for them?

 

[JeepHead]

The stink bugs have never been worse here. I don’t know if the dry weather is better for them?

They have been absolutely terrible here in S. Indiana too.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

We have had a lot of stink bugs this year. We have always had them but they seem more numerous this year. I have been killing every one I see with a mixture of vinegar, water and soap. Seems to be working. My goal is to interrupt that lifecycle to see if we have fewer in following years. We have a screen porch on the back of the house and at any point there are 5 to 10 on the screens. A quick squirt with the solution sends them flying, quite satisfying. I bet I have killed 200 already. So annoying when a stink bug gets in the house and it's buzzing around, they're loud.

Another thing that seems to be worse this year than I have ever noticed is a the Asian Wooly Hackberry Aphids. They look like ash flying around, they've been flying around like crazy last couple weeks. So much so that I plan to take down the 3 crappy hackberries on my property by this time nest year. They need to go anyways, but this gives me another reason.

 

[dodge man]

We have had a lot of stink bugs this year. We have always had them but they seem more numerous this year. I have been killing every one I see with a mixture of vinegar, water and soap. Seems to be working. My goal is to interrupt that lifecycle to see if we have fewer in following years. We have a screen porch on the back of the house and at any point there are 5 to 10 on the screens. A quick squirt with the solution sends them flying, quite satisfying. I bet I have killed 200 already. So annoying when a stink bug gets in the house and it's buzzing around, they're loud.

Another thing that seems to be worse this year than I have ever noticed is a the Asian Wooly Hackberry Aphids. They look like ash flying around, they've been flying around like crazy last couple weeks. So much so that I plan to take down the 3 crappy hackberries on my property by this time nest year. They need to go anyways, but this gives me another reason.

That weird you bring that up. I saw them a few weeks ago, just bad a day or two. Didn’t know what they were, almost looked like ash from a fire in the air.

 

[lman]

Poison Ivy. Never ran into the stuff in FLa, either at home, moms larger property, camping, or walking miles and miles of WMAs. Dont 100% know, but 90% convinced ive got it on my arm. Boss got something similar all over his back a few months ago. I know its native in FLa, but just never ran into it; so you dont even think about it.

We've got a lot of it here. I used to run cattle where there was a lot of Poison Ivy and they would eat it.