Pests of Woody Plants

Interactive Guide To Insect Pests of Woody Plants

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Pests of Woody Plants

Bed Bugs

Bed Bugs have made a resurgence in Kentucky. Read more about identification, monitoring, and control.

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Spiders

Spiders are common in Kentucky, but bites are not. Learn to recognize some of our most common spiders.

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Field Crops

Field Crop Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
100  The Common Stalk Borer in Corn  |  PDF
101  Hessian Fly in Kentucky  |  PDF
102  Blister Beetles  |  PDF
103  Aphids  |  PDF
106  Predicting European Corn Borer Development  |  PDF
107  Cereal Leaf Beetle in Kentucky Wheat  |  PDF
108  Southwestern Corn Borer  |  PDF
109  Armyworms in Corn  |  PDF
110  Fall Armyworm in Corn  |  PDF
111  Armyworms in Small Grains  |  PDF
112  Using Pheromone Traps in Field Crops  |  PDF
113  Procedure for Selecting Random Sites for Sampling  |  PDF
114  Insect Pests of Float Plants  |  PDF
115  Potato Leafhopper  |  PDF
116  Three Common KY Grasshoppers and their Natural Enemies  |  PDF
117  Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus & the Wheat Curl Mite  |  PDF
118  Discontinued
119  Clover Root Curculio  |  PDF
120  Wireworms  |  PDF
121  Aphids & Barley Yellow Dwarf (BYD) in Kentucky Grown Wheat  |  PDF
122  Soil Insect Pests & Returning Idle Land to Production  |  PDF
123  Predicting Insect Development Using Degree Days  |  PDF
124  Vendors of Microbial & Botanical Insecticides & Insect Monitoring Devices  |  PDF
125  Vendors of Beneficial Organisms in North America  |  PDF
126  Corn Leaf Aphid  |  PDF
127  Alfalfa Weevil Field Sampling Program  |  PDF
128  Bt-Corn Refuges for Corn Borer Management  |  PDF
129  Lesser Cornstalk Borer  |  PDF
130  Bt-Corn: What It Is & How It Works  |  PDF
131  Bean Leaf Beetle in Kentucky Soybeans  |  PDF
132  Cutworms in Kentucky Soybeans  |  PDF
133  Seedcorn Maggot in Kentucky Soybeans  |  PDF
134  Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Cadelle Beetle  |  PDF
135  Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Flour Beetles  |  PDF
136  Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Indianmeal Moth  |  PDF
137  Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Lesser Grain Borer  |  PDF
139  Regulation & Labeling of Biotech Foods  |  PDF
140  Resistance Management with Bt Corn  |  PDF
141  Insect Management with Continuous Corn  |  PDF
142  Green Cloverworm in Kentucky Soybean  |  PDF
143  Japanese Beetle in Kentucky Soybean  |  PDF
144  Soybean Podworm in Soybean  |  PDF
145  Controlling Insects in Stored Grain  |  PDF
147  Corn Rootworm Resistance Management with Bt Corn  |  PDF
149  Dectes Stem Borer (aka Soybean Stem Borer) in Kentucky Grown Soybeans  |  PDF
150  Barley Yellow Dwarf in Small Grains in the Southeast (PDF)
151  Keeping Hornworms from the Curing Barn  |  PDF
152  Corn Rootworms in Kentucky  |  PDF
153  Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper in Kentucky Soybeans  |  PDF
154  Kudzu Bug in Kentucky Soybeans  |  PDF
155  Biology & Management of the Hessian Fly in the Southeast  |  PDF
156  Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Angoumois Grain Moth  |  PDF
157  Sugarcane Aphid on Kentucky Sweet Sorghum  |  PDF
158  Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper in Soybeans  |  PDF
159  Red Cocklebur Weevil  |  PDF
160  Wasp Species Found in Hemp: A Survey in Western Kentucky  |  PDF
161  Management of Fall Armyworms in Double Crop Soybeans in Kentucky  |  PDF
162  Hemp Russet Mite, a Key Pest of Hemp in Kentucky  |  PDF
ENT-59 Cutworm Management in Corn  |  PDF


Fruit

Fruit Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
200  Peachtree Borer  |  PDF
201  Controlling Apple Insect Pests  |  PDF
202  Plum Curculio  |  PDF
203  Codling Moth  |  PDF
204  San Jose Scale | PDF
205  European Red Mites  |  PDF
206  Nut Weevils  |  PDF
207  Some Common Strawberry Pests  |  PDF
208  Grape Insects  |  PDF
209  Rednecked & Raspberry Cane Borers  |  PDF
210  Pecan Insects  |  PDF
211  Rosy Apple Aphids  |  PDF
212  Oriental Fruit Moth  |  PDF
213  Lesser Peachtree Borer  |  PDF
214  Green Fruitworms  |  PDF
215  Leafhoppers on Apples  |  PDF
216  Leafrollers  |  PDF
217  Cherry Fruit Flies  |  PDF
218  Apple Bagging: Alternative Pest Management for Hobbyists  |  PDF
219  Woolly Apple Aphid  |  PDF
220  Grape Root Borer  |  PDF
221  Grape Berry Moth  |  PDF
222  Grape Phylloxera  |  PDF
223  Grape Cane Gallmaker & Grape Cane Girdler  |  PDF
224  Grape Flea Beetle  |  PDF
225  Harvest Pests of Grapes  |  PDF
226  Raspberry Crown Borer  |  PDF
227  Green June Beetle on Grapes  |  PDF
228  Discontinued
229  Spotted Wing Drosophila, Biology, Identification & Monitoring  |  PDF
230  Spotted Wing Drosophila Management  |  PDF
231  Spotted Wing Drosophila & Backyard Small Fruit Production  |  PDF


Vegetables

Vegetable Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
300  Cabbage insects  |  PDF
301  Common Insects Attacking Peppers  |  PDF
302  Sweetcorn Pests  |  PDF
303  Whiteflies in Gardens  |  PDF
304  Potato Pests  |  PDF
305  Stink Bug Damage to Corn  |  PDF
306  Discontinued
307  Garden Fleahopper  |  PDF
308  Beet Armyworm in Kentucky  |  PDF
309  Seedcorn Maggots  |  PDF
310  Spider Mites  |  PDF
311  Cucumber Beetles  |  PDF
312  Colorado Potato Beetle Management  |  PDF
313  Tomato Insect IPM Guidelines  |  PDF
314  Squash Vine Borer and Squash Bug  |  PDF
315  Cabbage Webworm  |  PDF
316  Pepper Maggot in Kentucky  |  PDF
317  Thrips Management with Onions  |  PDF
318  Corn Earworm Management in Sweet Corn  |  PDF
319  Silverleaf Whitefly on Squash  |  PDF
320  Silverleaf Whitefly on Tomato  |  PDF
321  Yellowstriped Armyworm  |  PDF
322  Row Covers for Insect Management  |  PDF
323  Insecticides for Managing Herb Pests  |  PDF
324  European Pepper Moth  |  PDF
325  Spined Soldier Bug in Kentucky  |  PDF
326  Brown Marmorated Stinkbug in the Home Garden  |  PDF
327  Biological Control of Arthropod Pests in High Tunnels and Greenhouses  |  PDF
328  Onion & Western Flower Thrips  |  PDF
ENT-68 Basic Entomology for Master Gardeners (PDF)
ENT-69 Integrated Pest Management for Master Gardeners (PDF)
ENT-70 Pesticides & Pesticide Safety for Master Gardeners (PDF)


Landscape

Guide To Pests of Trees & Shrubs
Landscape Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
Calendar for Common Kentucky Shade Tree and Woody Ornamental Pests
400  Elm Leaf Beetles  |  PDF
401  Cankerworms  |  PDF
402  Earthworms: Thatch-busters  |  PDF
403  Some Common Shade Tree Galls  |  PDF
404  Maple Galls  |  PDF
405  Maple Petiole Borers  |  PDF
406  Houseplant Insect Control  |  PDF
407  Slugs  |  PDF
408  Oak galls  |  PDF
409  Discontinued  see Entfact 451 for current information
410  Pine Sawflies  |  PDF
411  Yard Wasps  |  PDF
412  Common Sap Feeding Pine Insects  |  PDF
413  Hackberry Psyllid  |  PDF
414  Yellow Poplar Weevil  |  PDF
415  Boxelder Twig Borer  |  PDF
416  Asian Lady Beetle Infestation of Structures  |  PDF
419  Plant Bugs & Lacebugs  |  PDF
420  Springtails  |  PDF
421  Discontinued
422  Cyclamen Mites in the Greenhouse  |  PDF
423  Eastern Tent Caterpillar  |  PDF
424  Tent caterpillars  |  PDF
425  Gypsy Moth  |  PDF
427  Cottony Maple Scale  |  PDF
428  Euonymus Scale  |  PDF
429  Juniper Scale  |  PDF
430  Lecanium Scale  |  PDF
431  Magnolia Scale  |  PDF
432  Obscure scale  |  PDF
433  Oystershell Scale  |  PDF
434  Fletcher Scales  |  PDF
435  Tuliptree Scale  |  PDF
436  Walnut Scale  |  PDF
437  Borers That Attack Landscape Pines  |  PDF
438  Spider Mites on Landscape Plants  |  PDF
439  Sowbugs & Pillbugs  |  PDF
440  Bagworms on Landscape Plants  |  PDF
441  Insecticides for Control of White Grubs in Kentucky Turfgrass  |  PDF
443  Southern Pine Beetle  |  PDF
444  Boxelder Bugs  |  PDF
445  General Use Insecticides For Home Gardeners | PDF
446  Periodical Cicadas in Kentucky  |  PDF
447  Calendar for Common Kentucky Shade Tree & Woody Ornamental Pests  |  PDF
448  Alternative Controls: Pests of Trees/Woody Ornamentals in the Home Landscape  |  PDF
449  Checking Eastern Tent Caterpillar Egg Masses  |  PDF
450  Discontinued
451  Japanese Beetles in the Urban Landscape  |  PDF
452  Meeting the Threat of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid  |  PDF
453  Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) FAQs for Kentuckians  |  PDF
454  Boxwood Psyllid  |  PDF
455  Maple Shoot Borer  |  PDF
456  Whiteflies in the Greenhouse  |  PDF
457  Horned Oak Gall  |  PDF
458  Ants in Kentucky Landscapes & Gardens  |  PDF
459  Laurel Wilt Disease & Redbay Ambrosia Beetle  |  PDF
460  Common Problems of Common Trees  |  PDF
461  Common Problems of Common Shrubs  |  PDF
462  Common Problems of Common Annuals & Perennials  |  PDF
463  Japanese Maple Scale  |  PDF
464  Boxwood Moth - Invasive Pest of Boxwoods  |  PDF
465 
Spotted Lanternfly  |  PDF
466  Calico Scale  |  PDF
467  Roseslugs  |  PDF
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68  Non-Native Ambrosia Beetles: Damage and Management  |  PDF
469  Imported Fire Ants in Kentucky  |  PDF
472  Annual Bluegrass Weevil  |  PDF
ENT-10  Controlling White Grubs  |  PDF
ENT-43  Insect Borers in Trees and Shrubs  |  PDF
ENT-60  Greenhouse Insect Management  |  PDF
ENT-66  Timing Controls of Landscape Pests Using Flowering Plants as Indicators  |  PDF


Livestock Pests

Livestock Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
500  Manure Flies: Rat-Tailed Maggots & Moth Flies  |  PDF
501  Managing Pyrethroid-Resistant Horn Flies  |  PDF
502  Biological Control of Flies  |  PDF
503  Sheep Pests  |  PDF
504  Horse Bots  |  PDF
505  Insecticide-Impregnated Cattle Ear Tags  |  PDF
506  How Far Can Houseflies Fly?  |  PDF
507  Lesser Mealworms or Litter Beetles  |  PDF
508  Walk Through Horn Fly Trap for Pastured Cattle  |  PDF
509  Horn Flies and Cattle  |  PDF
510  Face Flies and Pinkeye  |  PDF
511  Horse Flies and Deer Flies  |  PDF
512  Lice on Beef and Dairy Cattle  |  PDF
513  Insecticides for Fly Control on Horses  |  PDF
514  Fly Control Around Horse Barns and Stables  |  PDF
515  Insecticide Dust Bags for Cattle Insect Control  |  PDF
516  External Mite and Insect Parasites of Backyard Chickens  |  PDF

Home & Health Pests

Structural and Medical Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky
Urban Spider Chart: Common Kentucky Spiders
600  The European Hornet in Kentucky  |  PDF
601  Carpet Beetles  |  PDF
602  Ridding Your Home of Fleas  |  PDF
603  Carpenter Ants  |  PDF
604  Termite Control: Answers for Homeowners  |  PDF
605  Protecting Your Home Against Termites  |  PDF
606  Controlling Nuisance Honey Bees  |  PDF
607  Management of Head Lice  |  PDF
608  Discontinued
609  Clothes Moths  |  PDF
610  Foreign Grain Beetle  |  PDF
611  Carpenter Bees  |  PDF
612  Stored Product Pests in the Pantry  |  PDF
613  Horsehair Worms  |  PDF
614  Cockroach Elimination  |  PDF  |  Video
615  Drain Flies or Moth Flies  |  PDF
616  Powderpost Beetles  |  PDF
617  Control of Mice  |  PDF
618  Ticks & Disease  |  PDF
619  Ant Control for Homeowners  |  PDF
620  Controlling Wasps, Hornets & Yellowjackets  |  PDF
621  Fruit Flies  |  PDF
622  Common Spiders Found Around Homes & Buildings  |  PDF
623  Eliminating Spiders Around Homes & Buildings  |  PDF
624  Cluster Flies, Face Flies & Blow Flies in Homes  |  PDF
626  Firewood Insects  |  PDF
627  Clover Mites  |  PDF
628  Smarter Flea Control  |  PDF
629  Grain Mites  |  PDF
630  Chiggers  |  PDF
631  Brown Recluse Spider  |  PDF
632  Midges & Gnats  |  PDF
633  Scorpions in Kentucky  |  PDF
634  Foraging Yellowjackets  |  PDF
635  Controlling Stored Products Pests Using Low Temperature  |  PDF
636  Bed Bugs  |  PDF
637  Parasitic Mites of Humans  |  PDF
638  Protecting Home-Cured Meats From Insects & Mites  |  PDF
639  Termite Baits: A Guide for Homeowners  |  PDF
640  Thermal Deinfestation of Household Items  |  PDF
641  How to Pest-Proof Your Home  |  PDF
642  Do-It-Yourself Termite Baits: Do They Work?  |  PDF
643  Limitations of Home Insect Foggers (“Bug Bombs”)  |  PDF
644  Discontinued — see Entfact 639 for current information
645  Millipedes  |  PDF
646  House Dust Mites  |  PDF
647  Centipedes & Pseudoscorpions  |  PDF
648  The Lone Star Tick in Kentucky  |  PDF
649  MYSTERY BITES: Insect and Non-Insect Causes  |  PDF
650  Powderpost Beetles and the Spirits Industry  |  PDF
651  A PMP's Guide to COVID-19  |  PDF
652  Pest Control and COVID-19  |  PDF
653  Old House Borer  |  PDF
654  Stink Bug Infestation of Dwellings  |  PDF  
655  Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose  |  PDF
HENV-401  
Managing Insects and Spiders in the Home (PDF)
001  So you Found a Bug... (PDF)


Insects of Interest

700  Starting An Observation Hive of Honey Bees  |  PDF
701  Giant Silkworm Moths  |  PDF 
702  Ladybugs  |  PDF
703  Praying Mantids  |  PDF
704  Velvet Ants  |  PDF
705  Wheel Bug  |  PDF
706  Ground Beetles  |  PDF
707  Soldier Beetles  |  PDF
708  Green Lacewing  |  PDF 
709  Dogbane Beetles  |  PDF
710  Syrphid Flies |  PDF


Pesticide Management & Safety

800  Pesticide Calculations for Small Acreages  |  PDF
801  Supervision & Training Requirements for Non-Certified Applicators  |  PDF
802  Worker Protection Standards Employer Requirements  |  PDF
803  Proper Pesticide Storage  |  PDF


Miscellaneous

001  Preparation of Insect Specimens for Identification  |  PDF
003  Stinging Caterpillars  |  PDF
004  Cicada Killer Wasp  |  PDF
005  Mosquitoes: Practical Advice for Homeowners  |  PDF
006  How to Make Butterfly Gardens  |  PDF
009  Pesticide Residues in Foods  |  PDF
010  Plans for the Texas Cone Trap
014  Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches  |  PDF
015  Allegheny Mound Ants in Kentucky  |  PDF
017  Recognizing Larval Insect Types  |  PDF
018  Insect Parasitoids: Important Natural Enemies of Pests  |  PDF
SR-103  A Field Guide to the Slugs of Kentucky PDF
KSU Beginning Beekeeping PDF

Identification & Management Assistance

For assisstance with insect identification and management in Kentucky, bring questions and specimens directly to your local County Extension Office. Your local office can also help you find and print factsheets and other information. These services are provided to Kentuckians at no cost. 

List of Kentucky County Extension Offices

Residents of states outside of Kentucky should contact their local or regional extension service

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