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 2009
Ronald S. Kelley, Vermont Department of Forests,
Parks and Recreation, Bugwood.org
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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
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, ,
Bugwood.org
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MONARCH BUTTERFLY
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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CLIMBING CUTWORM
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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HARLEQUIN BUGS
Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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GREEN STINKBUG
Merle Shepard, Gerald R.Carner, and P.A.C Ooi,
Insects and their Natural Enemies Associated with
Vegetables and Soybean in Southeast Asia,
Bugwood.org
Merle Shepard, Gerald R.Carner, and P.A.C Ooi,
Insects and their Natural Enemies Associated with
Vegetables and Soybean in Southeast Asia,
Bugwood.org
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APHIDS
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension
Slide Series, , Bugwood.org
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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APHIDS
Christina DiFonzo, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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MEALYBUGS
Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
Bugwood.org
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Bugwood.org
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SCALE INSECTS
United States National Collection of Scale
Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural
Research Service, Bugwood.org
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WHITEFLIES
John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
and State University, Bugwood.org
David Riley, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE
Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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BEAN LEAF BEETLE DAMAGE
Connie Strunk, South Dakota State University,
Bugwood.org
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BLISTER BEETLE
Johnny N. Dell, , Bugwood.org
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CABBAGE BUTTERFLY
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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CABBAGE SOYBEAN LOOPERS
Charles Olsen, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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LOOPER DAMAGE
David Jones, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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CHINCH BUG
Art Cushman, USDA Property of the Smithsonian Institution, Department of Entomology, Bugwood.org
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CLICK BEETLEWIREWORM ADULT
Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org
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COLORADO POTATO BEETLE
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
Eugene E. Nelson, , Bugwood.org
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COLORADO POTATO BEETLE LARVA
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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CORN EARWORM
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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CORN EARWORM MOTH
Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org
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GREEN JUNE BUG
Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension
Slide Series, , Bugwood.org
Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture
and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
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BAGWORM
Eric R. Day, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, Bugwood.org
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, ,
Bugwood.org
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THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER
Gerald J. Lenhard, Louiana State Univ,
Bugwood.org
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CUTWORMS
Frank Peairs, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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JAPANESE BEETLE
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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LEAF MINER
Plant Protection Service Archive, Plant
Protection Service, Bugwood.org
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LEAFHOPPER
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES
  David B. Langston, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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SOUTHERN MOLE CRICKETS
University of Georgia Archive, University of
Georgia, Bugwood.org
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SOUTHERN CORNSTALK BORER
David Adams, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org
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SPIDER MITES
O.P. Sharma, NCIPM, New Delhi. India, Bugwood.org
Art Cushman, USDA Property of the Smithsonian
Institution, Department of Entomology,
Bugwood.org
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SQUASH BUG
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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SQUASH BUGS FROM EGGS
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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TARNISHED PLANT BUG
University of Georgia Archive, University of
Georgia, Bugwood.org
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THRIP
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
Alton N. Sparks, Jr., University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org
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THRIP DAMAGE ON BEAN
Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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WHITE GRUB
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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WIREWORMS
Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org
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WIREWORM DAMAGE
Art Cushman, USDA Property of the Smithsonian
Institution, Department of Entomology,
Bugwood.org
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SOUTHERN ARMYWORM
Ronald Smith, Auburn University, Bugwood.org
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SPITTLE BUG
Southern Forest Insect Work Conference Archive,
Southern Forest Insect Work Conference,
Bugwood.org
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and
Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, ,
Bugwood.org
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CICADA
Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
Herbert A. "Joe" Pase III, Texas Forest Service,
Bugwood.org
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GRASSHOPPER
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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TERMITES
Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service,
Bugwood.org
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SPIDERS
Nicolina Zambone, Nicolina's Photography,
Bugwood.org
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SILVERFISH
Joseph Berger, , Bugwood.org
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DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES
Joseph Berger, , Bugwood.org
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MAYFLIES
David Cappaert, Michigan State University,
Bugwood.org
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ANTLIONS
Joseph Berger, , Bugwood.org
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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CENTIPEDE
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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MILLIPEDES
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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SOWBUGS AND PILLBUGS
Gary Alpert, Harvard University, Bugwood.org
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SLUGS
Gary Bernon, USDA APHIS, Bugwood.org
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LADY BEETLES
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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PRAYING MANTIDS
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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LACEWINGS
Bradley Higbee, Paramount Farming, Bugwood.org
Joseph Berger, , Bugwood.org
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HOVER FLIES
Merle Shepard, Gerald R.Carner, and P.A.C Ooi,
Insects and their Natural Enemies Associated with
Vegetables and Soybean in Southeast Asia,
Bugwood.org
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TOMATO HORNWORM
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University,
Bugwood.org
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PARASITIC WASP PUPAE ON HORNWORM
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Slide Set, R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Company, Bugwood.org
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PARASITIC WASP
John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org
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WALKING STICK
Bruce W. Kauffman, Tennessee Department of
Agriculture, Bugwood.org