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 ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who reports from Nashville on flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. Hackberries are native to Alabama, where I grew up, but I was a child ...

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 ...

Hackberry psyllids are responsible for creating nibble galls on the leaves of hackberry trees. Courtesy Johnson County Extension With temperatures in the KC metro area so variable this fall season, ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — If you’ve noticed tiny white specks floating through the air, or sticking to your car, clothes, or porch, you’re not alone. They’re probably what experts call hackberry ...