Lovebugs – the bug we love to hate

Twice a year, two seasons, two months of misery as we try our best to avoid hitting the clouds of lovebugs in our car’s path. Yes, it is that time of the year again when… Read More
Posted: May 20, 2020
Twice a year, two seasons, two months of misery as we try our best to avoid hitting the clouds of lovebugs in our car’s path. Yes, it is that time of the year again when… Read More
Posted: May 6, 2020
Do you know the song, “The ants go marching one by one; hurrah, hurrah”? Picture in place of the ants, grasshoppers. Not just any grasshopper, but the Eastern lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera. If you have… Read More
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf
Tags: environment, insects, landscape, nature, Pgm_Chemicals
Posted: April 9, 2020
Being inside the home for an extended time, I am sure most of us have cleaned an already clean countertop just to make sure we didn’t miss any germs the first, second, or third time! … Read More
Category: Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Work & Life
Tags: environment, Pgm_Chemicals
Posted: March 18, 2020
Have you been wondering about mosquitoes and the role they play in vectoring diseases, especially coronavirus/COVID-19? Well, they happen to take the dubious title of the deadliest animal on the planet, because of their ability… Read More
Category: Home Landscapes, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, horticulture, lawn, nature, Pgm_Chemicals
Posted: October 31, 2019
Although mosquitoes are the first insect we think of when talking blood-feeding insects- there are a few others that can make our skin crawl at the thought of them on us or in our homes…. Read More
Category: Livestock, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife, Work & Life
Tags: Extension, insects, nature, Pgm_Chemicals, wildlife
Posted: October 31, 2019
Of the one million identified insect species worldwide, less than 1% are considered true pests. Those pest insects are either harmful to us, to our food crops, or to our homes. They can also cause… Read More
Category: Health & Nutrition, Lawn, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Turf, Water, Wildlife
Tags: environment, Extension, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, insects, nature, Pgm_Chemicals
Posted: September 12, 2019
Summer is the season… for checking landscape plants for insects before they devour your plants with their ravenous appetite. Conservative estimates state there are over 12,000 species of insects in Florida, so it’s no wonder… Read More
Posted: August 19, 2019
“It’s a buggy world” is a sentiment that definitely rings true here in the sunshine state. With a conservative estimate of over 12,000 species of insects in Florida, there seems to be six-legged critters everywhere… Read More
Posted: July 25, 2019
Summer is in full swing with the heat, humidity, and summer rains. Although we are happy to welcome the rain, the mosquitoes that accompany the rainy season are usually unwelcomed visitors. Container mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti… Read More
Category: Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: insect, mosquito, Pgm_Chemicals, repellent
Posted: May 15, 2019
The few things we can count on in Florida in the spring – heat, humidity, sunshine, and lovebugs. Yes, those small, black bugs that are everywhere, but especially splattered across the front of our cars. You… Read More
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