CFAES Give Today
Entomology

Department of Entomology

CFAES

Site

Search results

  1. Ohio’s Natural Enemies: Long-Legged Flies

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-69

    beetle larvae, and even termites! They will carry their prey around with them in flight as they secrete ... females typically lay their eggs in moist soils, or in some cases under the bark of trees. The larvae are ... predators, feeding on soil- or bark-dwelling invertebrates, and the pupae are also found in the soil (Figure ...

  2. Carpenter Bees

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-2074

    the abdomen. (Photo courtesy of D.J. Shetlar, OSU Entomology.) Identification Carpenter bees are large ... Eastern species of carpenter bees prefer softwoods such as cedar, redwood, cypress, pine, and fir. The ... with bark, but they can nest in a wide variety of wood products, including fence posts, utility poles, ...

  3. Defoliators on Soybean

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-39

    area, may exhibit seedling injury due to feeding by overwintered adult bean leaf beetles, Mexican bean ... beetle populations, and slugs. Foliar injury from insects again becomes more common beginning at ... insect pests all contributing to the overall level of leaf feeding. Pest Species Bean Leaf Beetle (BLB) ...

  4. Monitoring Western Corn Rootworm Activity in Soybeans to Predict Rootworm Injury in First-Year Corn

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-17

    adult rootworm beetles only deposited their eggs in plantings of corn. The eggs hatched the following ... first-year corn can be predicted by monitoring WCR beetle activity in soybeans during the previous season. ... Adult rootworm beetle activity can be measured by the use of yellow sticky traps (fig. 3). The preferred ...

  5. Chestnut Anthracnose

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/plpath-fru-0051

    u.osu.edu/fruitpathology/fruit-disease-factsheets-from-the-ohio-state-university-extension-program. For more information, contact your Ohio State University Extension office or educator. Video ...

  6. Giant Caterpillars

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-2015-11

    including spruce, pine, oak, maple, sycamore, cherry, birch, alder, elm, sweet gum, sassafras, beech, cedar, ... HYG-2015 09/20/2011 David Shetlar and Barb Bloetscher, Department of Entomology, Ohio State ... birch, apple, boxelder, cherry, chestnut, willow, ash, grape, pine, and members of the rose family. The ...

  7. Cereal Leaf Beetle

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-38

    The cereal leaf beetle is a small, Chrysomelid beetle, which has been associated with wheat and other ... defoliation is a frosty appearance of the field. Figure 1. Adult cereal leaf beetle. Photo by H. Wilson. ... Figure 2. Cereal leaf beetle eggs. Photo by H. Wilson. During the 1960s and 1970s, parasitoids were ...

  8. Bean Leaf Beetle on Soybean

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-23

    Entomology James B. Eisley, Department of Entomology The bean leaf beetle (BLB) is a small beetle that varies ... BLB generation. Figure 1. Bean leaf beetle adults The BLB larval stage feeds on the root system, and ... thought is that significant injury to roots by larval feeding does not occur. Bean leaf beetle passes ...

  9. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-90

    those found on most stink bug species and is strong enough to penetrate the bark of trees. Its damage to ... adult of brown marmorated stink bug. Photo: D. Shetlar, The Ohio State University The adults of the ... Stink Bug fact sheet FS-3824-08 was published in 2008 and written by Celeste Welty, David Shetlar, Ron ...

  10. Cottony Maple Scale and Its Management

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-62

    ENT-62 05/13/2015 David J. Shetlar and Jennifer E. Andon, Department of Entomology The cottony ... black lady beetles. The most common one, Hyperaspis signata, has a larva that looks like a mealybug. ... Both the adults and larvae enter ovisacs to feed on the egg masses. These lady beetles continue to feed ...

Pages