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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.
Overview of the accomplishments fo faculity, staff, and students of the LSU Department of Entomology in 2024
Green peach aphid is an important agricultural pest and disease vector worldwide.
Peucetia viridans, the green lynx spider, is the largest member of the family Oxyopidae in North America.
Tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris, is one of the most important pests in the family Miridae, with nearly 400 known host plant species.
The insidious flower bug (Orius insidiosus) is a member of the predatory bug family Anthocoridae (Hemiptera), collectively known as minute pirate bugs.
Big-eyed bugs (Geocoris spp.) are true bugs (Hemiptera) belonging to the family Geocoridae.
This annual publication handles information such as changes in varieties, pest management products and other recently developed production practices.
This article explores the honeybee tracheal mite, a microscopic parasite that affects honeybee colonies worldwide.
This article provides an overview of the rice water weevil, detailing its life cycle, ecological impact, and various management strategies.
This article provides an overview of the book louse, its characteristics, life cycle, ecological impact, and management strategies.
Hessian flies, a destructive pest of wheat, damage crops and require strategies, to mitigate yield loss.
This article examines the sugarcane aphid, a significant pest of sorghum in tropical and subtropical region.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials provides unbiased performance data for grain sorghum hybrids
This article highlights the benefits of cover crops and offers Louisiana-based recommendations for optimal cool-season varieties and seeding rates.
Invasive apple snails, Pomacea maculata, have become widely established along the U.S. Gulf Coast including throughout many of the freshwater systems in south L
The Pennsylvania wood roach, Parcoblatta pensylvanica, is a medium sized, light brown cockroach, 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch (12 to 18 mm) long as adults.
Ringlegged earwig is an introduced member of the order Dermaptera (earwigs) that is now widely distributed and common in the southern half of the United States.
The golden platydracus beetle is a large rove beetle that is a native predator of other insects associated with decaying organic matter, especially dead animals
Large milkweed bugs (Oncopeltus fasciatus) are orange-red hemipterans, or true bugs. Adults are 1/2 of an inch to 3/4 of an inch (12 to 18 mm) in length.
Overview of the accomplishments of faculty, staff, and students of the LSU Department of Entomology in 2023.
Chrysomya megacephala, commonly known as oriental latrine fly, is a widely distributed tropical blowfly originating in Asia and the Pacific regions.
Labidura riparia, or the striped earwig, can be found throughout the world where appropriate habitats occur, especially in tropical to subtropical climates.
Description, biology and distribution, ecological significance and management of the eastern cicada killer.
Rice stink bug is a serious pest of cereal crops in the southern U.S.
The pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) has been, historically, a serious pest of cotton in Louisiana.
Mexican rice borer is an invasive pest of grass crops in the Gulf Coast region of the United States.
The lesser wax moth, Achroia grisella, is one of the two primary wax moth species that infest weak or unoccupied western honeybee.
Two-spotted spider mite is a phytophagus species of arachnid and an economically important pest, particularly in high-yielding crops.
Soybean looper is a species of owlet moth (Noctuidae) that utilizes many host plants and is a serious agricultural pest.
The small hive beetle (Aethina tumida), a native to sub-Saharan Africa, is North America’s most recent western honeybee (Apis mellifera) pest.
The rice water weevil is a semi-aquatic insect that is a major destructive pest of rice.
The western honeybee, Apis mellifera, also known as the European honeybee, is one of several species in the genus Apis.
The greater wax moth is one of the two primary wax moth species that are considered major pests of western honeybee.
Numerous members of the billbug genus Sphenophorus are major pests of turfgrass in the southern U.S. Among them, the hunting billbug, is one of the most common.
The bee louse, Braula coeca, is a wingless fly symbiont of western honeybee.
The Asian tiger mosquito is an introduced invasive species in North America
This annual publication handles information such as changes in varieties, pest management products and other recently developed production practices.
Grain sorghum hybrid performance is annually evaluated in official hybrid trials provides unbiased performance data for grain sorghum hybrids.
