Have you ever seen those winding patterns on your citrus leaves or tomato leaves? Or have you seen a blotch pattern on the leaf? Both are signs of leafminer damage, first being the serpentine leafminer… Read More
If you live in the Florida Keys and have a plant or insect problem stop by one of the regional plant clinics for answers to your landscaping questions. Clinics are held from October 2008 to… Read More
The palm leafskeletonizer, Homaledra sabalella is a Florida native. The skeletonizer life cycle is egg, caterpillar, pupa, and adult moth. the caterpillar stage is the most plant damaging life stage. It feeds as an individual… Read More
The heat and humidity are making the August summer days into a sauna. And all around the islands are the sounds of summer – cicadas. The male cicadas are the noise makers producing their finest… Read More
It could be a fungus called “sooty mold” that feeds on honeydew (a sticky sap sucking insect liquid poop) that covers the leaf surface. Learn to identify sap sucking insects (aphids, whiteflies, treehoopers, mealybugs and… Read More
Have ever wonder what is eating my leaves by cutting circular holes along the leaf edges of the rose bush leaves, the citrus leaves and countless other leaves. It could be a Leafcutting Bee and… Read More
Southern Chinch bugs, Blissus insularis is an tiny insect pest of St. Augustinegrass, Stenotaphrum secundatum. This blog is excerpts from the University of Florida Featured Creatures publication written by Stacy Woods http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/turf/southern_chinch_bug.htm. In most instances,… Read More
Every month I receive phone calls regarding bee swarms or bees taking up residence inside their Florida Keys home. The best option is to beeproof your house in advance of a bee swarm taking up… Read More
Brown and Green lacewings, are beneficial insects that attack and feed on pests such as aphids, mealybugs, scale insects, whiteflies, and other soft-bodies insects. Because of this, they are important in biological control. Some green… Read More
Links have been updated in this article from 2008. The Geiger trees are blooming and the insects are with us. Several times a year an insect comes along and feeds on the Orange Geiger Tree,… Read More
