Category: Pests & Disease

APHIS Establishes Two Additional Regulated Area in Florida for Giant African Snail

by Vanessa Vassilaros
December 16, 2014

APHIS Establishes Two Additional Regulated Area in Florida for Giant African Snail (Lissachatina fulica, formerly Achatina fulica) To: State and Territory Agricultural Regulatory Officials The Animal and Plant Health Inspection ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Florida, GALS, Giant African Land Snail, Pest, Quarantine, USDA

New on Featured Creatures! Wellsina mite

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
December 12, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Hemicheyletia wellsina (De Leon) (Figure 1) is a predatory mite in the family Cheyletidae. The life history of species in ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Farm Management, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Beneficials, Featured Creatures, Mites, Ornamentals, Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Io moth

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
December 12, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The beautiful Io moth, Automeris io (Fabricius), is one of our most recognizable moths. It is distinctive because ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation
Tags: Featured Creatures, FL Natives, Moths, Pest Alert

Limited Pesticide Trainings

by BLOGS.IFAS
November 20, 2014

The next two opportunities to earn CEUs or take the exam for Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance or Limited Lawn and Ornamental are December 16, 2014 in Tallahassee (click on date) 121614 Leon or January 13, 2015 in Crestview (click on ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development

New on Featured Creatures! Gulf Coast tick

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
November 7, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The Gulf Coast tick (Fig. 1), Amblyomma maculatum, was first described by Koch in 1844. Gulf Coast ticks are found in grass ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Home Landscapes, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Recreation
Tags: Featured Creatures, Pest Alert, Ticks, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

Armadillos: Midnight Lawn Marauders

by Les Harrison
October 20, 2014

by Les Harrison It can be pretty discouraging to step out one morning to find a lawn pock-marked like the lunar surface. Stunned surprise then anger is usually the owner’s response. The offender is not the neighborhood teenager with ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Lawn, Pests & Disease
Tags: Armadillos, Critter Corner, Invasive Species, Panhandle Gardening, Pests, Wildlife

Bald-Faced Hornet!

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 19, 2014

Tallahassee Democrat October 19, 2014 Bald-Faced Hornet. Photos by Kathy Kinsey By Kathy Kinsey What’s black and white and meaner than a Yellow Jacket? The Bald-Faced Hornet! Dolichovespula maculate, belonging ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Apples, Grapes, Hummingbirds And Yellow Jacket, October - December 2014, Pears, Wasps

Limited Pesticide Training and Exam

by BLOGS.IFAS
October 6, 2014

A pesticide license is required for application of insecticides, herbicides or fungicides to landscape plants, including Roundup and Insecticidal soap. As a landscape professional or government employee earning this certification can be as ... READ MORE

Category: Events, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development
Tags: Commercial Horticulture

Florida Olive Pests

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
September 30, 2014

Two links of interest for olive producers and Extension faculty are provided in this post. New on the UF/IFAS EDIS: Pests and Fungal Organisms Identified on Olives (Olea europaea) in Florida. and Fresh from Florida Plant Industry Blog: ... READ MORE

Category: Agribusiness, Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: FDACS-DPI, Fruit Flies, Olive, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

New on Featured Creatures! Imperial moth

by Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman
September 29, 2014

We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The imperial moth, Eacles imperialis imperialis (Drury, 1773), is one of our largest and most beautiful moths. It is also ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Recreation, Wildlife
Tags: Featured Creatures, Moths, Pest Alert, UF-IFAS Pest Alert

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