INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

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INSECT IDENTIFICATIONAND CONTROL
Original Power Point Created by Joey Wells
Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office June 2002 Modified by Georgia
Organics 2008
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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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SOLDIER BEETLES
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PREDACEOUS GROUND BEETLE
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY
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CLIMBING CUTWORM
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HARLEQUIN BUGS
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GREEN STINKBUG
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APHIDS
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MEALYBUGS
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SCALE INSECTS
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WHITEFLIES
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE DAMAGE
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BLISTER BEETLE
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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY
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CABBAGE SOYBEAN LOOPERS
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LOOPER DAMAGE
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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 EARWORM MOTH
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GREEN JUNE BUG
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BAGWORM
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THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER
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CUTWORMS
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JAPANESE BEETLE
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LEAF MINER
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LEAFHOPPER
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ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES
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MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE
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SOUTHERN MOLE CRICKETS
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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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TARNISHED PLANT BUG
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THRIP
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THRIP DAMAGE ON COTTON
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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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SPITTLE BUG
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CICADA
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GRASSHOPPER
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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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TOMATO HORNWORM
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PARASITIC WASP PUPAE ON HORNWORM
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PARASITIC WASP
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WALKING STICK