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New on Featured Creatures! Vespiform thrips
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) (Fig. 1) is a...
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New on Featured Creatures! Coconut scale
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) (Fig. 1), is...
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New on Featured Creatures! A sand fly
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The true sand flies are small dipterans in the family Psychodidae, sub-family...
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New on Featured Creatures! Tea shot-hole borer
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The tea shot-hole borer, Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera:...
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New on Featured Creatures! An ambrosia beetle
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the...
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New on Featured Creatures! Asian horntail
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The family Siricidae consists of 10 extant genera and 122 species worldwide, and is...
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RoundUp Training August 14 at Collier Co. Extension Office
COST: Class costs $10 WHO: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Class and Exam The required 6 hour licensing class/ exam, coordinated by Doug Caldwell, for commercial landscape maintenance...
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New on Featured Creatures! The coconut rhinoceros beetle
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Oryctes rhinoceros (L.), the coconut rhinoceros beetle, is a pest species occurring...
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The Sri Lanka Weevil is Chewing Up South Florida Landscape Plants
“What is eating these leaves?” It is a common question at our Master Gardener Plant Clinics. It’s the Sri Lanka weevil! Dr. Doug Caldwell, Ph.D, UF⎮IFAS Extension Collier County Entomologist...
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Boxwood Blight, Florida Status and Information Resources
Leaf necrosis, defoliation. Credit: Mary Ann Hansen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org, #5507259 Boxwood blight, caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata, is a...
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Bug Week at UF May 21-27
Bug Week is this week! Each year during the week before Memorial Day, UF/IFAS celebrates all things bugs. Throughout the week, UF/IFAS shares all sorts of information about bugs and how we interact...
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New World screwworm detected on stray dog in Homestead, FL
Screwworm larva showing rasping mouthparts. Photo credit: John Kucharski On Monday, state agriculture officials announced that the parasite that eats the flesh of living animals had been found in a...
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Florida First Detector Training Workshop at Bok Tower Gardens
Have you ever had a sick plant? Did you know that many of our Florida plant problems can be attributed to exotic pests? Learn more about common issues, scouting, and submitting samples at Florida First...
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Bugs & Shrubs Buzzz: 3 Events: Fruit Tour & PGR Class & FTGA-UF DACS CEUs
1/ Collier County Fruit Road Tour: Saturday July 15 is a fruit orchard tour of 2 expert-hosted locations. Lychees, Longans, Mangoes and MORE!! Limited to 30 people. Cost $25. Meet at GG Community...
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What is killing my pygmy date palm?
The pygmy date palm (Phoenix roebelenii) is common in many Florida landscapes due to their small size, adaptability to various soil types, and considered cold hardy to temperatures as low as 25°F....
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An evil palm weevil?
Before we can answer the question of an evil palm weevil, we first need to know what a weevil is. A weevil is a family of beetles that are usually identified by the mouthpart — a long snout – used to...
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Dr. Dougbug’s Bugs & Shrubs Buzzz Events
NEW! July 28: The Role of HOA Stormwater Ponds and How to Avoid Premature Decline, that is, “Special Assessments” costs. 2. July 15: Fruit Tree Groves- the Road Show 3. Register for Pesticide CEUs...
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Cycad scale: a threat to wild and cultivated cycads
Introduction Armored scales are small insect pests that use a straw-like mouthpart to suck out plant juices, have a hard exterior like a shell, and in high numbers can cause serious problems or kill...
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The Red Banded Stink Bug: Invasive but here to stay
Introduction Stink bugs are pests of a wide variety of plants including vegetables, fruits, and ornamentals. Stink bugs use their piercing sucking mouthparts to siphon out nutrients from plants. The...
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Cutworms: My plants have fallen and can’t get up!
What are cutworms? The term “cutworm” describes a group moths all known for their extremely characteristic larval damage – cutting a new seedling stem down to the soil level (Figure 1). One larva can...
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