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INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL. Original Power Point Created by Joey Wells Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office June 2002. TRI-CO. YOUNG FARMERS APRIL 23, 2002. INSECTS AS COMPETITORS. COMPETE WITH MAN FOR FOOD AND FIBER

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INSECT IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL

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  1. INSECT IDENTIFICATIONAND CONTROL Original Power Point Created by Joey Wells Modified by Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office June 2002

  2. TRI-CO. YOUNG FARMERSAPRIL 23, 2002

  3. 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

  4. NOT ALL INSECTS ARE HARMFUL • HELP POLLINATE PLANTS • PROVIDE VALUABLE FOOD IN THE FOOD CHAIN • SOME INSECTS FEED ON OTHER HARMFUL INSECTS

  5. 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

  6. FEEDING HABITS DETERMINE CONTROL METHODS • CHEWING INSECTS ARE GENERALLY CONTROLLED BY STOMACH POISONS • SUCKING INSECTS ARE GENERALLY CONTROLLED BY CONTACT POISONS

  7. HOUSE FLY Adult 0.3 in.

  8. GREEN BOTTLE FLY Adult 0.5 in.

  9. ROSE CURCULIO WEEVIL

  10. SOLDIER BEETLES

  11. DARKLING GROUND BEETLES

  12. PREDACEOUS GROUND BEETLE

  13. FIREFLIES

  14. MONARCH BUTTERFLY

  15. MORNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY

  16. CLIMBING CUTWORM

  17. SURFACE CUTWORM

  18. CANKER WORM

  19. WOOLYBEAR CATERPILLAR

  20. BAGWORM

  21. BAGWORM

  22. HARLEQUIN BUGS

  23. GREEN STINKBUG

  24. STINKBUG

  25. LACEBUG

  26. AMBUSH BUG

  27. APHIDS

  28. YELLOW PECAN APHID

  29. BLACK PECAN APHID

  30. MEALYBUGS

  31. COTTONY CUSHION SCALE

  32. SCALE INSECTS

  33. WHITEFLIES

  34. THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER DAMAGE

  35. THREE CORNERED ALFALFA HOPPER

  36. BEAN LEAF BEETLE

  37. BEAN LEAF BEETLE DAMAGE

  38. SOUTHERN CORN BILLBUG

  39. HUNTING BILLBUGS

  40. BILL BUG DAMAGE

  41. BLISTER BEETLE

  42. BOLLWEEVIL ADULT

  43. BOLL WEEVIL LARVA

  44. BOLL WEEVIL LIFE CYCLE

  45. CABBAGE BUTTERFLY

  46. CABBAGE & SOYBEAN LOOPERS

  47. CHINCH BUG

  48. CLICK BEETLEWIREWORM ADULT

  49. COLORADO POTATO BEETLE

  50. COLORADO POTATO BEETLE LARVA

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