UF/IFAS Pest Alert
Boxwood blight, caused by the fungus Calonectria pseudonaviculata, is a serious fungal disease of boxwood that results in defoliation and decline of susceptible boxwood. In Florida, Boxwood blight was discovered in April 2015 in… Read More
“What is eating these leaves?” It is a common question at our Master Gardener Plant Clinics. It’s the Sri Lanka weevil! Dr. Doug Caldwell, Ph.D, UF⎮IFAS Extension Collier County Entomologist (Dr…. Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Oryctes rhinoceros (L.), the coconut rhinoceros beetle, is a pest species occurring throughout many… Read More
COST: Class costs $10 WHO: Limited Commercial Landscape Maintenance Class and Exam The required 6 hour licensing class/ exam, coordinated by Doug Caldwell, for commercial landscape maintenance employees , who need to apply pesticides… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The family Siricidae consists of 10 extant genera and 122 species worldwide, and is… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Xyleborus affinis is one of the most widespread and common ambrosia beetles in the… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The tea shot-hole borer, Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) is an Asian ambrosia… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: The true sand flies are small dipterans in the family Psychodidae, sub-family Phlebotominae. These… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) (Fig. 1), is a pest of over… Read More
We are pleased to announce a new article on Featured Creatures! Take a sneak peek with this excerpt from the article: Franklinothrips vespiformis Crawford (Thysanoptera: Aeolothripidae) (Fig. 1) is a predatory thrips with a pantropical… Read More
