Overwintering stages of small hive beetles Watch following video about identification of small hive beetles: Only adults of the small…
Iris borer identification Iris borers (Macronoctua onusta) are lepidopterous insects that cause damage to all types of iris including a…
Cutworm Three weeks ago (Mid June), I noticed that the growing shoot of one of my pepper plants was cut…
Damage caused by aphids Watch following YouTube video about biological control of aphids with parasitic wasps. Aphids are small soft…
What are rose slugs? The larvae of sawflies (Endelomyia aethiops) are commonly called roseslugs because they feed on the leaves…
To stop incidence of future generations of Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica), treat turfgrass with beneficial entomopathogenic Heterorhabditis bacteriophora nematodes twice…
What are small hive beetles (SHB)? Watch following YouTube video to learn about the biology/ life cycle of small hive…
What are assassin bugs? Predatory Assassin bugs (Zelus renardii) are kind of stink bugs that have piercing and sucking types…
What are beneficial entomopathogenic Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes? Beneficial entomopathogenic Steinernema carpocapsae nematodes are microscopic and thread like roundworms (Photo 1).…
What are fungus gnats? Fungus gnats (Bradysia coprophila, B. impatiens and B. difformis) are small flies that resemble small mosquitoes,…