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Scorching temperatures, elevated humidity and variable rainfall during Louisiana summers create challenging conditions for maintaining healthy lawns.
Raised bed gardening continues to grow in popularity among home gardeners and for good reason.
Gardening often means spending long stretches outdoors, sun protection and hydration are especially important due to high humidity and summertime temperatures.
For many home fruit growers, tree size becomes a challenge long before production.
When you think of spring and summer gardens in Louisiana the most popular vegetable crops that come to mind are tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, melons and peas.
The concept of plants as jewelry has been around for thousands of years.
Summertime … and the living’s easy, unless you (or your plants) are averse to the full sun or get particularly thirsty.
The Gulf fritillary is the state butterfly of Louisiana.
The redbanded stink bug, Piezodorus guildinii, is an invasive stink bug native to the Caribbean Basin and South America.
The green cloverworm, Hypena scabra, is a widespread, medium sized moth that is a sporadic defoliating pest of soybeans.
Dynastes tityus, the eastern Hercules beetle, is a large scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.
The southern carpenter bee is one of two large carpenter bee species native to Louisiana.
Feliciana blind ground beetles are minute, soil dwelling ground beetles discovered in 2015 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
The southern carpenter bee is one of two large carpenter bee species native to Louisiana. Adults differ in appearance depending on sex.
Feliciana blind ground beetles are minute, soil dwelling ground beetles discovered in 2015 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Velvetbean caterpillar moths, Anticarsia gemmatalis, are a tropical or subtropical, migratory moth and defoliating pest of soybeans.
The southern green stink bug, Nezara viridula, is one of several bright green stink bugs (Pentatomidae) known in Louisiana.
Dusky and brown stink bugs are the two most common members of the genus Euchistus from Louisiana.
The New World screwworm fly, also called primary screwworm, is a devastating livestock pest that also parasitizes other warm-blooded animals, including humans.
Asian lady beetle is an abundant, introduced species that has largely displaced most larger-sized species of native lady beetles throughout North America.
Cotinis nitida, the green June beetle, is a bright green member of the subfamily Cetoniinae in the large beetle family Scarabaeidae.
The ivory-marked beetle is a medium sized member of the beetle family Cerambycidae (longhorned beetles).
Artificial lights attract insects, thereby disrupting their natural behaviors and negatively impacting urban and suburban environments.
The boll weevil, also known as the Mexican boll weevil and southeastern boll weevil, is a historically significant pest of cotton.
Thanks to our long growing season and mild winters, planting begins earlier here than in most of the country.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials provides unbiased performance data for grain sorghum hybrids.
The brown-banded cockroach is one of two species of cockroaches that depend on human behaviors and structures to survive, the other being German cockroach.
This annual publication handles information such as changes in varieties, pest management products and other recently developed production practices.
The chimney bee or miner bee, Anthophora abrupta, is a solitary digger bee widely distributed throughout the eastern United States, including in Louisiana.
Fairy bees are small to minute, ground nesting bees native to the United States and Mexico.
The steel-blue mason bee (Osmia chalybea) is a solitary native bee found in the southeastern United States, including in Louisiana.
The squash vine borer (Eichlinia cucurbitae) is a wide-spread clearwing moth (family Sesiidae) pest of many cucurbits in Louisiana.
Anopheles quadrimaculatus, the North American malaria mosquito, is one of the most important mosquitoes in North America when it comes to human health.
Dryocampa rubicunda, or the rosy maple moth, is a medium size pink and yellow moth native to the eastern United States.
Dermacentor variabilis, the American dog tick (also called the wood tick), is typically east of the Rocky Mountains and California in the U.S.
Southern and tawny mole cricket adults are similar in appearance and habits. Adults are relatively large crickets, 2.5 cm to 3.5 cm in body lengths.
Ixodes scapularis, or the Eastern blacklegged tick, is a common tick species in the eastern and midwestern United States.
Aedes vexans or the inland floodwater mosquito is a “cosmopolitan” pest species, which means that it is present in nearly every country.
Sugarcane varieties are the lifeblood of the Louisiana sugarcane industry. Variety diversification is essential to the survival of the industry.
The German cockroach is an important cosmopolitan urban pest found in households, restaurants, food processing facilities, and transportation.
Research Matters issue for 2025
The LSU AgCenter Water and Energy Conservation Program worked with a local fish processor to take the next step into a sustainable future.
Plectrodera scalator, the cottonwood borer, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae (longhorned beetles).
Manduca sexta, the tobacco hornworm (larvae) or Carolina sphinx moth (adults), is large moth in the family Sphingidae (hawk moths or hummingbird moths).
The sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius, is a major threat to sweet potato production worldwide.
The sculptured pine borer, Chalcophora virginiesis, is a member of the order Coleoptera in the family Buprestidae.
One of the world’s largest horse fly species is Tabanus americanus, the American horse fly.
The rice billbug is a glossy, black or dark brown beetle in the weevil family Curculionidae, although some place it in a separate family, the Dryophthoridae.
The two-lined spittlebug (Prosapia bicincta), is a member of the order Hemiptera in the family Ischnorhinidae (formerly placed in Cercopidae).
Grape and Louisiana colaspis beetles are small, brown leaf feeding beetles in the large family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles).
The largest click beetles in the U.S. are the eyed click beetles, with two species found in Louisiana.
