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December 2023 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton

December 4, 2023

Recap of December 2023 First Friday with Florida First Detector In this month's webinar, we focused on Hymenoptera, an order of insects that includes wasps, bees, ants, hornets and more. Hymenoptera is an extremely diverse order of insects. ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Crops, Florida-Friendly Landscaping, Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Home Management, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Lawn, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, Professional Development, Turf, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Ants, Bees, Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD23-24, FloridaFirstDetector, Honeybees, Hornets, Hymenoptera, Invasive Species, SeminoleCountyAg, Wasps

Fact Sheets: Ants | Crazy Ants | Carpenter Ants | imported Fire Ants on Lawns and Turf | Lee County Extension | Stephen Brown

by Stephen Brown

January 25, 2018

Ants Ants Carpenter Ants - coming soon Crazy Ants Imported Fire Ants on Lawns and Turf READ MORE

Category: Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease,
Tags: Ants, Carpenter Ants, Crazy Ants, Fact Sheet, Factsheet, Fire Ants, Lee County, Stephen Brown

Yellow Ant- A Newly Discovered Invasive Insect

by Jane Cant

December 18, 2017

Plagiolepsis alluaudi- the Yellow Ant A new species of ant was recently spotted in Fort Lauderdale scurrying around the Riverland neighborhood. The yellow ant, Plagiolepsis alluaudi, is native to Madagascar but has already established invasive ... READ MORE

Category: Invasive Species, Natural Resources
Tags: Ants, Invasive Species, Yello Ant

Aphids vs Ants: The World in Your Garden

by Whitney Elmore

April 20, 2017

I was scouting one of my community gardens last week, when I was bombarded by a massive aphid population boom on my kale. Dozens of aphid clusters were evident on the undersides of most of my kale. You could even see the aphids start to spread ... READ MORE

Category: Fruits & Vegetables, Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease
Tags: Ants, Aphids, Cabbage, Gardening, IPM, Kale, Scouting

Florida Carpenter Ants

by Diana Hagan (she/her)

June 19, 2015

Carpenter ants are in the genus Camponotus, in which up to over 900 species have been described worldwide. They get their common name, "carpenter ant," because some species excavate nests in wood. Carpenter ants are sometimes called bulldog ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Home Management, Pests & Disease
Tags: Ants, Entomology And Nematology Department, John Warner, Pests In And Around The Southern Home, Philip G. Koehler, R. J. Vazquez, R. Scheffrahn, Roberto M. Pereira

“Zombie Flies” May Control Fire Ants

by BLOGS.IFAS

June 17, 2015

Les Harrison is the UF/IFAS Wakulla County Extension Director Of the many nuisances that plague the county, fire ants may be at the top of the list. Their ability to survive and colonize is remarkable. Every effort to destroy the mound seems ... READ MORE

Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
Tags: Ants, Big Bend Bugs!, Bugs, Control, Environment, Fire Ants, Flies, Fly, General Information, Identification, Insects, Les Harrison, Pest, Pest Management, Phorid Fly, UF-IFAS, Wakulla, Wakulla CED, Wakulla County, Wakulla County Extension, Wakulla Extension, Zombie Fly

Rover Ants in Your Neighborhood

by Kevin O'Horan

June 5, 2015

Dark Rover Ants (Brachymyrmex patagonicus) are an introduced nuisance ant species that can be found throughout the Southeastern United States. These very small brown ants, ranging in size from 1-3mm, live in colonies built in the soil. These ... READ MORE

Category: Home Landscapes, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension, Wildlife
Tags: Ants, Flying Ants, Pests, Rover Ants, Small Insects, UF-IFAS

Tips on Controlling Ants

by rlcarter

May 26, 2015

The proverbial picnic scene aside, ants are pests all of us have to deal with from time to time. Both inside and outside our homes, they feed on and contaminate our food, they build ugly mounds on our lawns, and some ants can inflict painful ... READ MORE

Category: Horticulture
Tags: Ant, Ants, Home Insect Control, Insects, Panhandle Gardening, Pest, Pests

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