INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

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INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL
Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office November 2005
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TRI-CO. YOUNG FARMERSAPRIL 23, 2002
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INSECTS AS COMPETITORS

• COMPETE WITH MAN FOR FOOD AND FIBER
• AS MANY AS 10,000 15,000 KINDS OF INSECTS IN
  GEORGIA
• CAUSE MANY TYPES OF DAMAGE
• FEED ON PLANTS
• CARRY DISEASES
• CAUSE LOSSES IN THE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY

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NOT ALL INSECTS ARE HARMFUL

• HELP POLLINATE PLANTS
• PROVIDE VALUABLE FOOD IN THE FOOD CHAIN
• SOME INSECTS FEED ON OTHER HARMFUL INSECTS

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CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS AS TO HOW THEY FEED

• CHEWING INSECT
• BITES OFF, CHEWS, AND SWALLOWS PLANT PARTS
• SUCKING INSECT
• PIERCES THE OUTER LAYER OF THE PLANT AND SUCKS
  THE SAP FROM THE CELLS

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FEEDING HABITS DETERMINE CONTROL METHODS

• CHEWING INSECTS ARE GENERALLY CONTROLLED BY
  STOMACH POISONS
• SUCKING INSECTS ARE GENERALLY CONTROLLED BY
  CONTACT POISONS

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HOUSE FLY
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GREEN BOTTLE FLY
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ROSE CURCULIO WEEVIL
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SOLDIER BEETLES
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DARKLING GROUND BEETLES
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PREDACEOUS GROUND BEETLE
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FIREFLIES
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY
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MORNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY
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CLIMBING CUTWORM
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SURFACE CUTWORM
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CANKER WORM
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WOOLYBEAR CATERPILLAR
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BAGWORM
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BAGWORM
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HARLEQUIN BUGS
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GREEN STINKBUG
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STINKBUG
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LACEBUG
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AMBUSH BUG
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APHIDS
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YELLOW PECAN APHID
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BLACK PECAN APHID
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MEALYBUGS
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COTTONY CUSHION SCALE
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SCALE INSECTS
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WHITEFLIES
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THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER DAMAGE
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THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE DAMAGE
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SOUTHERN CORN BILLBUG
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HUNTING BILLBUGS
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BILL BUG DAMAGE
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BLISTER BEETLE
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BOLLWEEVIL ADULT
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BOLL WEEVIL LARVA
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BOLL WEEVIL LIFE CYCLE
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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY
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CABBAGE SOYBEAN LOOPERS
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CHINCH BUG
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CLICK BEETLEWIREWORM ADULT
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COLORADO POTATO BEETLE
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COLORADO POTATO BEETLE LARVA
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CORN EARWORM
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CORN EAR WORM
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CORN EARWORM MOTH
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CORN EARWORM DAMAGE
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COTTON FLEAHOPPER
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COWPEA CURCULIO
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COWPEA CURCULIO DAMAGE
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CUTWORMS
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DEODAR WEEVIL
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GREEN JUNE BUG
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GREEN JUNE BUG LARVA
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GREENBUGS
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GREENBUG HONEYDEW ON WHEAT
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JAPANESE BEETLE
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JAPANESE BEETLE
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JAPANESE BEETLE
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LESSER CORNSTALK BORER
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LESSER CORNSTALK BORER IN PEANUT STEM
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LESSER CORNSTALK BORER IN PEANUT POD
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LESSER CORNSTALK BORER MALE ADULT
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LEAF MINER
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LEAFHOPPER
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ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES
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SOUTHERN ROOT KNOT NEMATODE
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LESION NEMATODES
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LOOPER DAMAGE
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SOYBEAN LOOPER MOTH
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MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE
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SOUTHERN MOLE CRICKET
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SOUTHERN MOLE CRICKETS
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MOLE CRICKET
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PEACH TREE BORER
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PEACH TREE BORER
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PEACHTREE BORER ADULT
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PECAN WEEVIL
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PECAN WEEVIL
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PEPPER WEEVIL ADULT
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POTATO LEAFHOPPER ADULT
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SOUTHERN CORN ROOT WORM ADULT
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SOUTHERN CORN ROOT WORM
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SOUTHERN CORN ROOT WORM
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SOUTHERN CORNSTALK BORER
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SPIDER MITES
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SQUASH BUG
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SQUASH BUGS FROM EGGS
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SWEET POTATO WEEVIL
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TARNISHED PLANT BUG
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THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER
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THRIPS
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THRIPS DAMAGE ON COTTON
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TOBACCO BUDWORM MOTH
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TOBACCO FLEA BEETLE
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TOMATO HORNWORM
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TOBACCO HORNWORM
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VELVET BEAN CATERPILLER
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VELVET BEAN CATERPILLER MOTH
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WHITE FRINGED BEETLE
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WHITE GRUB
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WIREWORMS
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WIREWORM DAMAGE
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SOUTHERN ARMYWORM
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FALL ARMYWORM
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FALL ARMYWORM
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FALL ARMYWORM MOTH
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FALL ARMYWORM EGGS
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FALL ARMYWORM DAMAGE
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TRUE ARMY WORM
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YELLOW STRIPED ARMYWORM
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FUNGUS GNAT
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SPITTLE BUG
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CICADA
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GRASSHOPPER
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CRANE FLIES
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TERMITES
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SPIDERS
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SILVERFISH
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DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES
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MAYFLIES
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ANTLIONS
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CENTIPEDE
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MILLIPEDES
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SOWBUGS AND PILLBUGS
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SLUGS
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LADY BEETLES
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PRAYING MANTIDS
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LACEWINGS
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HOVER FLIES
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PARASITIC WASP PUPAE ON HORNWORM
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PARASITIC WASP
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FOREST INSECTS
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE
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PINE BEETLE SIZE
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PINE BEETLE SIZE
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE PITCH TUBES
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE PITCH TUBES AND EXIT HOLES
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE BLUE STAIN FUNGUS
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE GALLERIES
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SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE EXIT HOLES
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IPS BEETLES
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IPS BEETLE
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IPS BEETLE ADULT
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IPS BEETLE TOP KILL
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IPS GALLERIES
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BLACK TURPENTINE BEETLE
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BLACK TURPENTINE BEETLE PUPA AND LARVA
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BLACK TURPENTINE LARVA
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BLACK TURPENTINE BEETLE PITCH TUBES
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PINE WEB WORM
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PINE WEB WORM
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LOBLOLLY PINE SAWFLY
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RED HEADED PINE SAWFLY
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PALES WEEVIL
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PALES WEEVIL
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TENT CATERPILLER TENT
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EASTERN TENT CATERPILLAR
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WALKING STICK
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LONGHORN BEETLE