DAIRY MANAGEMENT
In the past, management of flies in dairy and livestock barns often relied solely on insecticide use. But this single-tactic approach can aggravate fly populations' resistance to insecticides and inadvertently destroy natural enemies of flies. ... [... more]
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Cattle Lice
Cattle lice are among the most important arthropod (insect and mite) pests affecting dairy cattle in New York State and elsewhere in the United States. Lengthy, cool winters are particularly favorable to populations of lice, which thrive on ... [... more]
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Tarnished Plant Bug
The tarnished plant bug is found throughout North America, but it is primarily a pest in temperate nondesert areas. It feeds on more than fifty economically important plants, including alfalfa, cotton, strawberries, brambles, and most tree fruits ... [... more]
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Meadow Vole and Pine Vole
Meadow voles occur throughout most of the northern and eastern United States and Canada in low wetlands, open grasslands, and orchards. Meadow voles are most active above the ground, as evidenced by surface trails often littered with droppings ... [... more]
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European Red Mite
The European red mite (ERM) is a European species introduced to North America in the early 1900's. It rapidly extended its range, and is now established in most deciduous fruit growing areas. It is the most important mite species attacking tree ... [... more]
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Beneficial Insects
Many insects in apple orchards benefit growers by feeding on pest species. It is important that growers be able to recognize these beneficial insects so that they are not mistaken for pests. This fact sheet reviews the major beneficial insects ... [... more]
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Apple-Boring Beetles
Roundheaded Appletree Borer, Saperda candida Fabricius (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Flatheaded Appletree Borer, Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Broad Necked Root Borer, Prionus laticollis (Drury) (Coleoptera: ... [... more]
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Why is Typhlodromus pyri such an effective predator?
See also the Insert for IPM Pub. 215: Supplemental information on monitoring European red mite, and relative toxicity of pesticides to the mite predator, Typhlodromus pyri. European red mites (ERM), Panonychus ulmi, feed on leaves of apple trees ... [... more]
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European Apple Sawfly
The European apple sawfly is an introduced pest that was first noted in North America infesting crabapples on Long Island (Farmingdale, N.Y.) and Vancouver Island (Victoria, B.C.) during 1939 and 1940, respectively. Since then it has spread into ... [... more]
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Fire Blight
Fire blight is one of the most destructive diseases of apple and pear trees. Outbreaks are sporadic in most parts of the Northeast, but can cause extensive tree damage when they do occur. Therefore, the necessary intensity of control programs ... [... more]
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Peachtree Borer
The peachtree borer (PTB), a native insect, is a major pest of stone fruits in the United States and Canada. Prior to the introduction of the peach, it lived on native wild cherries and plums. The majority of PTB have a one-year life cycle, but ... [... more]
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Climbing Cutworms
The name "cutworm" is applied to a large number of larvae of lepidopterous species in the family Noctuidae. The moths are night flyers and the larvae are night feeders. Both stages hide during the day. Many of the cutworm species are rather ... [... more]
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