With all this rain comes the buzzing of mosquitoes around you and your animals. Here are a few things to know about minimizing mosquitoes on your farm: Farmers and ranchers can tolerate mosquitoes with a hand slap or the use of mosquito repellent, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Pests & Disease, WaterDon’t Let A Tick Ruin Your Summer! Photo source: http://photos.ifas.ufl.edu. Does the mere thought of ticks make you feel itchy all over? Ticks are not a fun thing to talk about, but we can’t ignore ... READ MORE
Category: 4-H & Youth, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Health & Nutrition, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Relationships & Family, UF/IFAS Extension
Epiphytes are “air” plants, including moss, that survive on moisture and nutrients in the atmosphere. Several epiphytic plants, like Spanish moss, ball moss, and lichen, are common to the Florida landscape and the southeast United States. ... READ MORE
Category: Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time in more than 100 years, researchers have found that a species of mosquito feeds on the blood of earthworm and leeches, instead of frogs and toads like most other species. A study by University of Florida ... READ MORE
Category: Invasive Species, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Research
Since 2014, several Florida blueberry growers reported visible tunneling on the canes of their blueberry bushes. In the summer of 2016, the University of Florida Fruit and Vegetable IPM Laboratory found a flatheaded borer larva feeding on wood ... READ MORE
Category: Crops, Fruits & Vegetables, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS
Do your peach trees have some gummy looking sap exuding from the trunk? Gummosis is the term for the symptom of gummy sap oozing from the trunk and branches. It is not that unusual and can have several causes. Chemical, physical, insect, disease, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Horticulture, Pests & Disease
Ricardo Lesmes-Vesga left his native village in the Colombian Andes Mountains region to pursue higher education in protected agriculture and citrus advanced production systems. In only a few years, he will have achieved the highest degree education ... READ MORE
Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Research
Controlling flies on livestock in Florida is a challenge. Please note the word, “control.” We would love to substitute that word with “eradicate”, but that is not realistic. Our main pests are horn flies and face flies. In Florida, ... READ MORE
Category: Agriculture, Livestock, Pests & Disease