Aaaahhhh – Aphids!
Aphids are a very common garden pest. They feed by piercing leaves and sucking out the juices. This can cause leaves to crinkle and curl, especially on new flushes of growth. Aphids excrete a fluid that contains… Read More
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“Roundup®” License- Is it For You?
Landscape professionals and homeowners alike should be aware that the State of Florida requires a license in order to apply any pesticide (including herbicides such as Roundup®) as part of a landscape business. The Limited Commercial Maintenance License… Read More
Multiplying in the Garden: Green Peach Aphid
They are tiny, but their power lies in numbers. These insect pests are born pregnant, and can reproduce out of control in a short time. This column is dedicated to a common pest called the green peach aphid,… Read More
2019 IPM Jeopardy Champion
Welcome back to the winners circle STEVEN POULIOT, Land Shark Pest Control! Steven is the 2019 IPM Jeopardy Champion, and he also claimed the Championship in 2012! IPM Jeopardy is a review… Read More
Common rust disease causes premature leaf drop of frangipani (plumeria) plants.
A rust (fungus) disease, Coleosporium plumeria, defoliates many varieties every year. Top photo: The rust disease coats the underside of the leaf with orange pustules and causes leaves to turn yellow, then brown and rapidly defoliate in… Read More
Don’t let the bed bugs bite!
With the holiday season arriving, a large number of people will be travelling to see friends and family.Many will be staying in hotels overnight or for extended weekends, but very few will be thinking of the tiny critters… Read More
Rugose Spiraling Whitefly (Aleurodicus rugioperculatus: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Popping Up on Coconut Palms- Oct. 2018
Above: Spiraling whiteflies smother a gumbo-limbo (Pic: Kim Gable, UF |IFAS Extension Key West). Bottom: Close-up of spiraling whitefly (Pic. Holly Glenn, UF|IFAS Homestead TREC). Note the sucking mouthparts. The Rugose spiraling whitefly is a mess-maker,… Read More
New UF/IFAS Entomologist: From a Kid’s ‘Lab’ to Helping Citrus Growers
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As a girl in her garage in Palm Bay, Florida, Lauren Diepenbrock, already a budding scientist, peered through the lens of her microscope and marveled at the magnification. “As a kid, I played in the… Read More
Ficus Whitefly, Singhiella simplex, was One of the Most Destructive Landscape Pests
Before ficus whitefly, this community was surrounded by a wall of Ficus benjamina. Same hedge, about 6 years after ficus whitefly invasion. Dr. Muhammed Z. Ahmed and Collier County MG Tatiana Burhart evaluate the hedge’s failure. Ficus whiteflies… Read More
There’s Bugs On My Plants! What Do I Do?
This is the time of year where there is an increase in disease and pest pressures with our high temperatures and summer rains. So if you find bugs on your plants, before you reach for your arsenal of… Read More