Department of Entomology

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Identification & Management Assistance

For assistance 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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Cockroach Elimination

Termite Control: Answers for Homeowners

Flea Control and Prevention

Brown Recluse Spiders

Asian Lady Beetles

Cockroach Elimination

Horn Flies & Cattle

Field Crops

Alfalfa, Clover, and Pastures (ENT-17)
Field Corn (ENT-16)
Grain Sorghum (ENT-24)
Small Grain (ENT-47)
Soybeans (ENT-13)
Popcorn (ENT-62)
Tobacco (ENT-15)

Livestock & Poultry

Beef Cattle (ENT-11)
Dairy Cattle (ENT-12)
Horses (ENT-513)
Poultry (ENT-28)
Sheep & Goats (ENT-22)
Swine (ENT-23)

Fruit

Midwest Fruit Pest Management Guide (Purdue)

Vegetables

Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers (ID-36)

Field Crops

Field Crop Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky

10 - Controlling White Grubs in Turfgrass

59 - Cutworm Management in Corn

100 - The Common Stalk Borer in Corn

101 - Hessian Fly in Kentucky

102 - Blister Beetles

103 - Aphids

106 - Predicting European Corn Borer Development

107 - Cereal Leaf Beetle in Kentucky Wheat

108 - Southwestern Corn Borer

109 - Armyworms in Corn

110 - Fall Armyworm in Corn

111 - Armyworms in Small Grains

112 - Using Pheromone Traps in Field Crops

113 - Procedure for Selecting Random Sites for Sampling

114 - Float Plant Pests

115 - Potato Leafhoppers

116 - Three Common Kentucky Grasshoppers and Their Natural Enemies

117 - Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus and the Wheat Curl Mite

119 - Clover Root Curculio in Alfalfa

120 - Wireworms

121 - Aphids and Barley Yellow Dwarf (BYD) in Kentucky Grown Wheat

122 - Soil Insect Pests and Returning Idle Land to Production

123 - Predicting Insect Development Using Degree Days

124 - Vendors of Microbial and Botanical Insecticides and Insect Monitoring Devices

125 - Vendors of Beneficial Organisms in North America

126 - Corn Leaf Aphid

127 - Alfalfa Weevil Field Sampling Program

128 - Bt Corn Refuges for Corn Borer Management

129 - Lesser Cornstalk Borer

130 - Bt-Corn: What It Is and How It Works

131 - Bean Leaf Beetle in Kentucky Soybeans

132 - Cutworms in Kentucky Soybean

133 - Seedcorn Maggot in Kentucky Soybean

134 - Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Cadelle Beetle

135 - Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Flour Beetle

136 - Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Indianmeal Moth

137 - Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Lesser Grain Borer

139 - Regulation and Labeling of Biotech Foods

140 - Corn Borer Resistance Management with Bt Corn

141 - Insect Management with Continuous Corn

142 - Green Cloverworm in Kentucky Soybean

143 - Japanese Beetle in Kentucky Soybean

144 - Soybean Podworm in Kentucky Soybean

145 - Controlling Insects in Stored Grain

147 - Corn Rootworm Resistance Management with Bt Corn

149 - Dectes Stem Borer (aka Soybean Stem Borer) in Kentucky Grown Soybeans

151 - Keeping Hornworms from the Curing Barn

152 - Corn Rootworms in Kentucky

153 - Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper in Kentucky Soybeans

154 - Kudzu Bug

155 - Biology and Management of the Hessian Fly in the Southeast

156 - Insect Pests of Stored Grain: Angoumois Grain Moth

157 - The Sugarcane Aphid, a Significant New Insect Pest of Sweet Sorghum in Kentucky

158 - Threecornered Alfalfa Hopper in Soybeans

159 - Red Cocklebur Weevil

160 - Wasp Species Found in Hemp

161 - Management of Fall Armyworms in Double Crop Soybeans in Kentucky

162 - Hemp Russet Mite, a Key Pest of Hemp in Kentucky

Fruit

Fruit Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky

200 - Peachtree Borer

201 - Controlling Apple Pests

202 - Plum Curculio

203 - Codling Moth

204 - San Jose Scale

205 - European Red Mite

206 - Nut Weevils

207 - Common Strawberry Pests

208 - Grape Insects

209 - Rednecked and Raspberry Cane Borers

210 - Pecan Insects

211 - Rosy Apple Aphid

212 - Oriental Fruit Moth

213 - Lesser Peachtree Borer

214 - Green Fruitworms

215 - Leafhoppers on Apples

216 - Leafrollers

217 - Cherry Fruit Flies

218 - Bagging Apples: Alternative Pest Management for Hobbyists

219 - Woolly Apple Aphid

220 - Grape Root Borer

221 - Grape Berry Moth

222 - Grape Phylloxera

223 - Grape Cane Gallmaker and Grape Cane Girdler

224 - Grape Flea Beetle

225 - Harvest Pests of Grapes

226 - Rasberry Crown Borer

227 - Green June Beetle on Grapes

230 - Spotted Wing Drosophila Management

231 - Spotted Wing Drosophila And Backyard Small Fruit Production

Vegetables

Vegetable Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky

300 - Cabbage Pests

301 - Common Insects Attacking Peppers

303 - Whiteflies in Gardens

304 - Potato Pests

305 - Stink Bug Damage to Corn

307 - Garden Fleahopper

308 - Beet Armyworm in Kentucky

309 - Seedcorn Maggots

310 - Two-Spotted Spider Mite

311 - Cucumber Beetles

312 - Colorado Potato Beetle Management

313 - Tomato Insect IPM Guidelines

314 - Squash Vine Borer and Squash Bug

315 - Cabbage Webworm

316 - Pepper Maggot in Kentucky

317 - Thrips Management With Onions

318 - Corn Earworm Management in Sweet Corn

319 - Silverleaf Whitefly on Squash

320 - Silverleaf Whitefly on Tomato

321 - Yellowstriped Armyworm

322 - Row Covers for Insect Management

323 - Insecticides for Managing Herb Pests

324 - European Pepper Moth

325 - Spined Soldier Bug in Kentucky

326 - Brown Marmorated Stinkbug in the Home Garden

327 - Biological Control of Arthropod Pests in High Tunnels and Greenhouses

328 - Onion and Western Flower Thrips

329 - Home and Small-Scale Vegetable Insect Management

Landscape

400 - Elm Leaf Beetles

401 - Cankerworms

402 - Earthworms: Benefits and Potential Issues

403 - Common Shade Tree Galls

404 - Common Maple Galls

405 - Maple Petiole Borer

406 - Houseplant Insect Control

407 - Slugs

408 - Common Oak Galls

410 - Pine Sawflies

411 - Yard Wasps

412 - Common Sap Feeding Pine Pests

413 - Hackberry Psyllids and Other Jumping Plant Lice

414 - Yellow Poplar Weevil

415 - Boxelder Twig Borer

416 - Asian Lady Beetle Infestation of Structures

419 - Plant Bugs and Lacebugs

420 - Springtails

422 - Cyclamen Mite in the Greenhouse

423 - Eastern Tent Caterpillar

424 - Tent Caterpillars

425 - Spongy Moth and Kentucky

427 - Cottony Maple Scale

428 - Euonymous Scale

429 - Juniper Scale

430 - Lecanium Scales

431 - Magnolia Scale

432 - Obscure Scale

433 - Oystershell Scale

434 - Fletcher Scales

435 - Tuliptree Scale

436 - Walnut Scale

437 - Borers That Attack Landscape Pines

438 - Spider Mites on Landscape Plants

439 - Sowbugs & Pillbugs

440 - Dealing with Bagworms on Landscape Plants

441 - Insecticides for Control of White Grubs* in Kentucky Turfgrass

443 - Southern Pine Beetle

444 - Boxelder Bugs

445 - General Use Insecticides for Home Gardening

446 - Periodical Cicadas in Kentucky

447 - Calendar for Common Kentucky Shade Tree and Woody Ornamental Pests

448 - Alternative Control Measures for Pests of Shade Trees and Woody Ornamentals in the Home Landscape

449 - Checking Eastern Tent Caterpillar Egg Masses

451 - Japanese Beetles in the Urban Landscape

452 - Meeting the Threat of the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

453 - Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) FAQs for Kentuckians

454 - Identifying Boxwood Psyllid

455 - Maple Shoot Borer

456 - Whiteflies in the Greenhouse

457 - Horned Oak Gall

458 - Ants in Kentucky Landscapes and Gardens

459 - Laurel Wilt Disease & Redbay Ambrosia Beetle

460 - Common Problems of Common Trees

461 - Common Problems of Common Shrubs

462 - Common Problems of Common Annuals & Perennials

463 - Managing Japanese Maple Scale in Kentucky Nurseries

464 - Box Tree Moth - Invasive Pest of Boxwoods

465 - Spotted Lanternfly

466 - The Challenges of Calico Scale Control

467 - How to Deal with Roseslugs

468 - Non-Native Ambrosia Beetles: Damage and Management

469 - Imported Fire Ants in Kentucky

470 - Azalea Lace Bug Management

471 - Dealing with Elongate Hemlock Scale

472 - Annual Bluegrass Weevil

Livestock Pests

Livestock Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky

12 - Insect Control on Dairy Cattle - 2016

500 - Rat-Tailed Maggots and Moth Flies

501 - Managing Pyrethroid-Resistant Horn Flies

502 - Biological Control of Flies

503 - Sheep Pests

504 - Horse Bots

505 - Insecticide-Impregnated Cattle Ear Tags

506 - How Far Can House Flies Fly?

507 - Lesser Mealworms or Litter Beetles

508 - Walk Through Horn Fly Trap for Pastured Cattle

509 - Horn Flies and Cattle

510 - Face Flies and Pink Eye

511 - Horse Flies and Deer Flies

512 - Lice on Beef and Dairy Cattle

513 - Insect Control for Horses, Horse Barns, and Stables

514 - Fly Control Around Horse Barns and Stables

515 - Insecticide Dust Bags for Cattle Insect Control

516 - External Mite and Insect Parasites of Backyard Chickens

518 - Preparing for Asian Longhorned Tick in Kentucky

Home & Health Pests

Urban Spider Chart

Structural and Medical Insect-Pest Calendar for Kentucky

600 - European Hornet in Kentucky

601 - Carpet Beetles

602 - Flea Control and Prevention

603 - Carpenter Ants

604 - Termite Control: Answers for Homeowners

605 - Protecting your Home Against Termites

606 - Controlling Nuisance Honey Bees

607 - Head Lice

609 - Clothes Moths

610 - Foreign Grain Beetle

611 - Carpenter Bees

612 - Stored Product Pests in the Pantry

613 - Horsehair Worms

614 - Cockroach Elimination in Homes and Apartments

615 - Drain Flies or Moth Flies

616 - Powderpost Beetles

617 - Control of Mice

618 - Ticks and Disease in Kentucky

619 - Ant Control for Householders

620 - Controlling Wasps, Hornets, and Yellowjackets

621 - Fruit Flies

622 - Common Spiders Found Around Homes and Buildings

623 - Eliminating Spiders Around Homes and Buildings

624 - Cluster Flies, Face Flies, and Blow Flies in Homes

626 - Firewood Insects

627 - Clover Mites

628 - Smarter Flea Control

629 - Grain Mites

630 - Dealing with Chiggers in the Landscape

631 - Brown Recluse Spider

632 - Midges and Gnats

633 - Scorpions in Kentucky

634 - Foraging Yellowjackets

635 - Controlling Stored Product Pests Using Low Temperature

637 - Parasitic Mites of Humans

638 - Protecting Home-Cured Meat from Insects and Mites

639 - Termite Baits: A Guide for Homeowners

640 - Thermal Deinfestation of Household Items

641 - How to Pest-Proof Your Home

642 - Do-It-Yourself Termite Baits: Do They Work?

643 - Limitations of Home Insect Foggers (“Bug Bombs”)

645 - Centipedes & Millipedes in & Around the Home

646 - House Dust Mites

647 - Centipedes and Pseudoscorpions

648 - The Lone Star Tick in Kentucky

649 - MYSTERY BITES: Insect and Non-Insect Causes

650 - Powderpost Beetles and the Spirits Industry

651 - A PMP's Guide to COVID-19

652 - Pest Control and COVID-19

653 - Old House Borer

654 - Stink Bug Infestation of Dwellings

655 - Eastern Bloodsucking Conenose in Kentucky

656 - Life with Alpha-Gal Red Meat Allergy

Insects of Interest

700 - Starting An Observation Hive of Honey Bees

701 - Giant Silkworm Moths

703 - Praying Mantids

704 - Velvet Ants

705 - The Wheel Bug

706 - Ground Beetles

707 - Soldier Beetles

708 - Green Lacewing

709 - Dogbane Beetle: Feeding on Toxic Plants Provides Benefits to Survive

710 - Syrphid Flies: Overlooked Pollinating Insects

711 - Surprising Cave Beetle

712 - Hammerhead Worms and Kentucky

713 - Conserving Overwintering Habitats to Enhance Populations of Pink Spotted Ladybeetle

Pesticide Management & Safety

800 - Pesticide Calculations for Small Acreages

801 - Supervision and Training Requirements for Non-Certified Applicators

802 - Worker Protection Standards Employer Requirements

803 - Proper Pesticide Storage

Miscellaneous

1 - Preparation of Insect Specimens for Identification

3 - Stinging Caterpillars

4 - Cicada Killer Wasps

5 - Mosquitoes: Practical Advice for Homeowners

6 - How To Make Butterfly Gardens

9 - Pesticide Residues in Foods

10 - Plans and Parts List: "Texas" Style Cone Trap for Monitoring Certain Insect Pests

14 - Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

15 - Allegheny Mound Ants in Kentucky

17 - Recognizing Insect Larval Types

18 - Insect Parasitoids: Important Natural Enemies of Pests

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