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Sooty mold on a crape myrtle leaf. CAES News
Bugs' meals leaves black fungus on leaves
I often get calls in the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension office from homeowners who ask, “What is this black stuff on the leaves of my crape myrtle and gardenia?” My answer is sooty mold.
Atherigona reversura calls Japan, Indonesia, India and even Hawaii home, but the tiny grass-eating fly was spotted for the first time in the U.S. in Pierce County, Ga., near Savannah, CAES News
Grass-eating fly
A tiny Asian fly that feeds on turf and pasture grasses showed up in south Georgia last summer, the first time this species has been documented in the Western Hemisphere.
"Your Southern Garden" host Walter Reeves. CAES News
Your Southern Garden
Learn about pruning trees and azaleas, and all about honeybees on "Your Southern Garden" with Walter Reeves April 16 at noon and 6:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
The eye of a deer fly. CAES News
Spring sting
People swarm outdoors in the spring to garden, grill out or have fun in the sun. But this can become prime times and places for insect attacks, says a University of Georgia bug expert.
UGA Griffin campus research technician Sherrie Stevens counts leaf miner damage on Gerbera daisies in a greenhouse in Upson County, Ga. CAES News
Scientists release wasps to fight plant's enemy
University of Georgia scientists are counting on a tiny wasp to save the popular Gerbera daisy from being destroyed by an insect that finds its leaves tasty.
Periodical cicadas have striking red, wide-set eyes. In spring 2017, Brood VI cicadas are set to emerge in north Georgia mountains. CAES News
Periodical cicadas
In a few weeks, Georgians will have the chance to see a rare natural phenomenon: the emergence of Brood 19, Georgia’s only 13-year cicada.
Marianne Robinette, right, gently takes a tarantula named Rosie from one student before handing her to another in Athens, Ga., April 2010. CAES News
UGA Insect Zoo
Roach races, cricket spitting and insect eating will once again highlight the annual Insect Zoo put on by the University of Georgia entomology department and the H.O. Lund Entomology Club. The zoo, now in its 26th year, will be held from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. April 1 at the biological sciences building on UGA’s campus in Athens, Ga.
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Organic conference
The Georgia Organics Conference will be March 11 and 12 in Savannah, Ga., and will include workshops as well as farm and food tours.
A varroa mite feeds on a honeybee. The mites spread viruses and activate those already present in bees, causing bees to get sick and entire colonies to die. Researchers believe varroa mites might be contributing to CCD. CAES News
Mites key to bee problem
Nearly 30 percent of all honeybees literally disappeared last winter, fleeing their hives never to return. Researchers have studied colony collapse disorder since it was identified in 2006. They are now uncovering answers to this problem.
Springtails are wingless insects that range in color from yellow to almost purple to green or gray. CAES News
Tiny beneficials
During mild, winter days, you may find tiny flea-like insects covering driveways, sidewalks or carports. At first glance, many people assume the colored mass is a mold or fungal growth. The culprits are actually strange little creatures called springtails.