Tag Archives: IPM

Backyard Bug Hunt: Stored Product Pests

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Stored Product Pests Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, talks about different types of pests that show up in stored products. When: Time: November 15th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Creepy arthropods (other than spiders)

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Creepy arthropods (other than spiders) Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, talks about different types of creepy arthropods (other than spiders). When: Time: October 18th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Common caterpillar ID

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Common caterpillar ID Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, talks about how to identify common caterpillars. When: Time: September 20th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Decomposers

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Decomposers Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, talks about the different types of decomposers. When: Time: August 16th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been with Texas… Read More →

Fireflies

What Are Those Flashing Bugs Called? What do you call those flashing beetles that light up in the summertime? Is it a firefly or a lightingbug? Different areas of the U.S. call these beetles one or the other or, sometimes, use them terms interchangeably. Fireflies and lightningbugs refer to beetles in family, Lampyridae. I recently visited my family in Ohio and got to return somewhat to my childhood, being giddy over the number of fireflies I discovered emerging with their gentle flashing patterns at dusk. Yes, I ran… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Predatory Insect ID

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Predatory Insect ID Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, explains how to identify predatory insects. When: Time: July 19th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been with… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Wasp ID

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Wasp ID Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, explains how to identify wasps. When: Time: June 21st, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been with Texas A&M… Read More →

Saltmarsh Caterpillars

Woollybear Cousins Active Now Saltmarsh caterpillars seem to be a common sight in gardens, lawns and traveling across roads and sidewalks.  These caterpillars are a particular species, Estigmene acrea, and turn into saltmarsh moths.  They are often mistakenly called “woollybears” which are a different species, Pyrrharctia isabella, that turn into Isabella tiger moths. The two species are related and in the same family Erebidae. Many Fuzzy Colors Saltmarsh caterpillars are extremely variable in color and have many setae in the late instar which creates a hairy or fuzzy… Read More →

Mountain Laurel Mirid

Mountain laurel mirids, Lopidea major, are relatively small insects that reach a little over ¼” as adults. Nymphs, or immatures, look like adults, but don’t have fully developed wings and are smaller in size. These mirids are a type of plant bug that is red and black in color. Bodies and front part of the wings are red while the head, antennae, legs, and back part of the wings are black. They have piercing-sucking mouthparts and use them to puncture foliage of plants. Feeding can lead to deformation… Read More →

Backyard Bug Hunt: Common Veggie Garden Pests

Join Wizzie Brown for this month’s Backyard Bug Hunt: Common Veggie Garden Pests Wizzie Brown, County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management, talks about common vegetable garden pests. When: Time: April 19th, 2024 10:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada) How: Join Zoom Meeting Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZcld-2prD4iHNU9B1S6QgZYrURGPbcMPLIJ/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGrpjsuG9aQuB-GRpwqGoigLOvzpiVHgo1oxT20MHZiZTnPJNdwFYJ9E_Xg Additional Resources Integrated Pest Management AgriLife Extension Entomology Pesticide Safety Education Resources About Wizzie Wizzie Brown County Extension Program Specialist – Integrated Pest Management Email:EBrown@ag.tamu.edu Wizzie has been… Read More →