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• March 23: Given the new restrictions put forth by Governor Ned Lamont, the UConn Plant Diagnostic Lab will temporarily suspend accepting physical plant and insect samples from mail or drop-off submissions. Laboratory diagnosis of plants will be unavailable until further notice, but we will still accept digital submissions during this time. 
  
  During this time, submit images of samples for digital diagnostics. This service will remain free.
  Image identification. Send images, description of symptoms or problems, and any other relevant information/questions to Ladybug@uconn.edu.

• Ticks & Tick Testing: Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory or Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
• CAES: Pollinator Information
• Insecticides: Low Toxicity Options
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
• UConn Master Composter Program and Worm Day 2019 info 
• UConn Soil Lab Fact Sheets
• UConn Plant Database
• CT Invasive Plant Working Group (CIPWG)