Venus Dominates This Month In Planetary Show
A monthly sky guide highlights Venus as the dominant evening spectacle with Mars near opposition and closer to Earth this weekend. The preview notes a 38th anniversary of Alan Shepard's Freedom flight, moon phases from last quarter to new phase, and several conjunctions and occultations involving Jupiter Neptune Uranus Mercury Saturn and Regulus. Pluto remains faint near zeta Ophiuchi in Ophiuchus, with observers urged to consult astronomy staff at Kansas University.
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Tiny bugs threaten yards with tents and sawflies
Spring brings Eastern tent caterpillars to crabapple and Sandhill plum trees and European pine sawflies to pines. Tent caterpillars feed in mid May and can be removed at naptime. don’t prune the tent. Sawflies cause needle loss but trees recover. prune terminals or spray with Durshan or Sevin. Garden Calendar by K State Research and Extension Douglas County Master Gardener Bill Padgett. hotline 843 7058 available 7 pm to 4 pm weekdays.
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