AMES, Iowa – A farmer notices an unfamiliar insect on a leaf. Is this a pollinator? Or a pest? Good news at harvest time? Or bad? Need to be controlled? Or not? That farmer can snap a picture, use a ...
Horticulturalist Russ Norton will give a presentation on invasive insects as the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History launches ...
Provides dichotomous key and illustrations that provide identification of common arthropods to the order/class level. by Donald J. Borror and Richard E. White. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. Details insect ...
This illustration shows how the "Pest-ID" tool developed by Iowa State researchers can help farmers identify and manage pests of all kinds. AMES, Iowa - A 2016 research paper explored a vision for ...
Extension and their certified Master Gardeners offer “Gardening in Nevada: The Bartley Ranch Series.” The series, online this year via Zoom, is for anyone who wants to garden – those with big yards, ...
KEY TO THE FAMILIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS BY CHARLES T BRUES AND AL MELANDER ...
Recently, as part of the Master Gardener Program, we saw a video of an Entomology professor in Florida who was an advocate for better education of the public about insects. He also presented some very ...
Backyard Farmer will give some insect identification tips and more This week on Backyard Farmer we get some insect identification tips and hear about a young boy’s passion for gardening. In addition ...
When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...
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Don wants natural products for pest management

A Professor of Agricultural Entomology at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), Prof Elechi-Franca Asawalam, has advocated the use of organic materials in combating tiny ...