Article that provides instructions of how to prevent and treat insects infesting stored rice.

The panicle rice mite is a pest of commercial rice, Oryza sativa L., and also completes its development on the invasive plant Oryza latifolia Desv. During the summer of 2007, breeding facility greenhouses and fields in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and New York were found to be infested by PRM.

Both adult and nymph chinch bugs will feed on rice.

A series of PowerPoint images illustrating the identifying characteristcs of the European corn borer, the rice stalk borer and the sugarcane borer in rice.

A series of PowerPoint slides illustrating the biology, life cycle of the rice stink bug and the injury it causes to rice.

A tiny pest called the “panicle rice mite” has been found in the southern United States, including the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station at Crowley.

The southern green stink bug (Nezara viridula) has one of the widest host ranges of any insect pest. Not surprisingly then, it is occasionally a pest of rice.

For several years Arkansas rice farmers have had to deal with grape colaspis, a small beetle, whose larvae feed on the roots of rice. Rice drilled into soybean stubble is particularly susceptible to damage from this insect. Larval feeding can cause more than 50 percent reduction in stand. This season colaspis has caused stand reductions in a few rice fields in Acadia, Evangeline and St. Landry parishes. This short video will train you to scout for colaspis in rice. (Runtime: 3:58)

The rice water weevil (RWW) is the most important early-season insect pest of rice in Louisiana. Adults of this insect emerge from overwintering sites beginning in early April in southern Louisiana (later in northern Louisiana) and fly to rice fields, where they feed on young rice leaves. Egg-laying commences when standing water is present in fields. This video will train you to scout for RWW larvae & adults in your rice field. (Runtime: 7:16)

This video will teach you how to scout for the panicle rice mite in a rice field.

The adult rice water weevil is small (about 1/8 inch or 3mm long). It resembles the cotton boll weevil and other snout beetles.

Rice stink bugs (Oebalus pugnax) are the most important insect pest of headed rice in Louisiana.

This 2009 guide was compiled by LSU AgCenter experts and includes regulations, precautions and suggestions for pest control in Louisiana. Detailed topics include drift of pesticides, hazards of pesticides to beneficial insects and wildlife, phytotoxicity and using beneficial insects to control pest populations. A section on organic gardening also is included.

These are the presentations that were given at the grape colaspis training. All Louisiana rice producers, consultants, county agents and industry cooperators were invited and encouraged to attend this training on how to scout for grape colaspis in rice. The AgCenter has identified 4 fields in southwest Louisiana that have experienced stand reduction as a result of grape colaspis feeding on roots.

This page provides a description of the lifecycle, damage to crop, and how to prevent and manage the rice leafminer in rice.

This article will provide a description, lifecycle, and damage to the crop caused by the rice stink bug. As well as recommendations for prevention and control.

The page provides a description of the rice water weevil (RWW) lifecycle, damage caused by the RWW, and how to manage RWW infestations in your field.

On April 23rd Dr. Ronnie Levy and I scouted a field in Acadia Parish and found it to be heavily infested with first instar chinch bug nymphs and shield bugs. This article includes pictures of the infestation and describes recommendations for control.

Both nymphs and adults cause damage by feeding with their piercing mouthparts.

Photographs of various stages in the life cycle and type of damage associated with the sugarcane borer in rice.

This large (about 1 cm long) billbug or snout beetle is an occasional pest of rice in Louisiana.

The Mexican rice borer is a devastating pest of sugarcane and a serious pest of rice. It was first collected in Louisiana in two pheromone traps on Dec. 15, 2008, near two rice fields northwest of Vinton, La. Identification, injury, scouting and management infomation included.