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May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector

by Morgan Pinkerton
May 5, 2025

Recap of May 2025 First Friday with Florida First Detector In May, we continued our talks about wood-boring insects. This time, we focused on bark beetles. These are small beetles in the insect family called Curculionidae. Some bark beetles ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm Management, Forests, Home Landscapes, Horticulture, Invasive Species, Livestock, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, UF/IFAS Extension,
Tags: Avocadoes, Bark Beetles, Biosecurity, Early Detection, FFD24-25, FloridaFirstDetector, Forestry, SeminoleCountyAg, Trees

For the Holiday Season, UF/IFAS Extension Offers a Bounty of Lifelong Learning

by Andra Johnson
December 8, 2023

The holidays are a very busy season for many of us. There are so many things to do together with family and friends, traditions to return to, new things to learn and alternatives to try. Here at UF/IFAS Extension, we’re devoted to the prospect ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Home Management, Money Matters, Relationships & Family, Work & Life
Tags: Bark Beetles, Bee College, Beekeeping, Demonstration Gardens, Featured, Florida Foods, Healthy Eating, Holiday Travel, Holidays, Mosquitoes, Poinsettias, Purple Sweet Potatoes, UF IFAS Bookstore

A Fun-filled Journey into The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles; Mighty Foresters of the Insect World

by Rolando Negron
November 20, 2023

Immerse yourself into the fascinating world of bark beetles in The Surprising Lives of Bark Beetles; Mighty Foresters of the Insect World. Don't be deceived by their reputation as the World's Worst Forest Pests; these tiny creatures have a ... READ MORE

Category: , UF/IFAS, UF/IFAS Communications, UF/IFAS Extension
Tags: Bark Beetles, Entomology, Forestry, Jiri Hulcr, Marc Abrahams, Rolando Negron, UF IFAS Bookstore, UF/IFAS Communications

UF researcher works with professional filmmakers to communicate about forest health and climate change

by Sarah Tobing
October 26, 2021

How can researchers communicate complex ecological issues to the public? To start, they can work with professional communicators. Jiri Hulcr, an associate professor of forest entomology at the University of Florida’s School of Forest, ... READ MORE

Category: Forests, Natural Resources
Tags: Bark Beetles, Central Europe, Entomology And Nematology, Forest Health, ProForest, School Of Forest Fisheries And Geomatics Sciences
Figure 1. Dorsal view of an adult black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier). Its large size, trapezoidal pronotum, and rounded declivity distinguish it from all other bark beetles infesting pines in the southern United States. Credit: Adam Black and Jiri Hulcr, University of Florida

Black Turpentine Beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)

by Diana Hagan
July 31, 2015

Black turpentine beetles bore into the inner bark of stressed or injured pines, where they breed and feed on phloem tissue. Adults are strongly attracted to volatile pine odors and readily breed in fresh stumps. In typical forests, infestations ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Forests, Home Landscapes, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Albert E. Mayfield, Bark Beetles, Curculionidae, Entomology And Nematology Department, Featured Creatures Collection, Jiri Hulcr, John L. Foltz

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