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  • Root Feeding Insects on Flowers

    … Updated: March 10, 2023 Grubs Grubs are the larvae of beetles such as Japanese beetle , green June beetle, May or June beetle, … heads. Most beetle grubs have legs. Scarab beetle grubs (Japanese, May, June, Oriental, etc.) have a distinctive …

  • Japanese Maple Scale in Home Landscapes

    … Bugwood.org   Updated: August 16, 2022 Key points Japanese maple scale ( Lopholeucaspis japonica ) is a … ), boxwood ( Buxus ), privet ( Ligustrum ; invasive ), Japanese euonymus ( Euonymus japonicus) , firethorn ( … sprays should be avoided when red-spotted black lady beetles are present, as they are a scale predator. Similarly, …

  • How bad is bad? Soybean defoliation and new tools for assessing it

    … holes in leaves and sometimes clip pods (Fig. 1a).   Japanese beetle is an introduced pest that aggregates in … Figure 1. a) Grasshopper, photo from Prairielands FS. b) Japanese beetle, photo from Prairielands FS. c) Bean leaf …

  • July IPM Insect Scouting Tips

    … for the usual defoliators, including bean leaf beetle, Japanese beetle, and caterpillars. The treatment threshold is … plants. Field Corn At the start of silking, scout for Japanese beetles and stink bugs. For Japanese beetles, the treatment …

  • Insects

    … Adelgid, pine bark 23Jul28 , 23Jun23 , 23Mar31 (and lady beetles) 21Oct29 , 21Jun04 , 21Apr23   20Apr24 , 20Apr03 … imported willow leaf 22Jul22   20May29 16Apr08 Beetle, Japanese 23Jul21 , 23Jun30 , 23Jun23 , 23Jun16 (first adults … 21May07   18May11 17Apr28 Bug, jagged ambush* 23Aug25 Bug, Japanese plant* 23Apr28 20Apr17 (predator of azalea lace bug) …

  • Summary of the Comparative Efficacy of Common Active Ingredients in Organic Insecticides Against Difficult to Control Insect Pests

    … insect pests, particularly providing >75% control of flea beetles, Colorado potato beetle, cabbage worms and alfalfa … moths, several thrips species and Colorado potato beetles, so farmers should consider using other classes of … provided >75% control of green peach aphid, flea beetles, Japanese beetle, Mexican bean beetle, potato leafhopper and …

  • Herb Problems

    … Lightly prune damaged plants to encourage new growth.  Japanese beetles Japanese beetles can be a problem eating basil. Handpick …

  • June Gardening Tips and Tasks

    … Updated: June 27, 2024 Outdoor yard and garden tips Sustainable Gardening Take part in Pollinator … and pear trees, leaving space (the width of one fruit) between the remaining fruits. Disease and insect problems, … with the biopesticide,  Bacillus thuringiensis  (B.t.) between now and mid-July, following all label instructions.  …

  • Azaleas and Rhododendrons: Identify and Manage Problems

    … plants and can be severe on plants grown under overhead sprinkler irrigation. The disease occurs when the pathogen is … cycle in the spring. To manage this disease: Remove old garden debris and old mulch below plants to reduce the … University of Maryland Extension Specialist, Home and Garden Information Center. Revised 4/2020. Insect pests:   …

  • Tachinid Fly

    … (eggs, larvae or caterpillars, nymphs, and/or pupae) of  beetles, butterflies, and moths, but also earwigs, … green stink bug.  Istocheta aldrichi  parasitizes adult Japanese beetles.   Appearance  Eggs:  Most tachinids lay … Photo: John A. Weidhass, Bugwood Tachinid fly eggs on a Japanese beetle. Photo: John A. Weidhass, Bugwood.org Where …