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Pink caterpillars make oaks less than pretty, but probably won’t kill them

Pink-striped oakworms are chomping on oak trees in Raleigh right now and leaving piles of frass (poop) in their wake. Spot them on your trees by looking for branches with all of their leaves chewed off.

Kristi Backe 2018-01-17T11:30:49+00:00 July 13th, 2017|Categories: Natural Enemies, Natural History and Scientific Adventures, Urban Ecology|Tags: caterpillars, trees|

As spiders leave the kitchen, pests keep cooking

A spider in the family Anyphaenidae has made its home on a twig infested with scale insects.  Photo: Emily Meineke, Harvard University I think by now most people accept that we can’t hope [...]

Steve Frank 2017-07-12T14:36:40+00:00 January 26th, 2017|Categories: Feature, Natural Enemies, Urban Ecology|Tags: publications, research, trees, urban heat and climate change|

Frank Lab Brings the Buzz to Bugfest

Johnny Randall, April Hamblin, and Elsa Youngsteadt at the 2015 Bugfest pollinators booth. Photo: Mary Frasier Hordes of insects descended upon downtown Raleigh last weekend, and, paradoxically, drew scores of human admirers. Could [...]

Annemarie Nagle 2017-10-17T14:02:41+00:00 September 28th, 2015|Categories: Lab Happenings, Natural Enemies, Pollinators|Tags: bugfest, outreach|

Banker plant diversity and biocontrol–new paper

Aphidius colemani parasitoid with aphid mummy. Photo: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org Our new paper just published in Insects takes a look at whether using a variety of banker plant species enhances biocontrol [...]

Steve Frank 2017-07-12T14:43:46+00:00 September 9th, 2015|Categories: Greenhouse IPM, Natural Enemies|Tags: aphids, pest management|

Rare sight, common occurrence: Parasitoid wasp emerges from a scale insect

This is a guest post by PhD student Emily Meineke Coccophagus lycimnia freshly emerged from a gloomy scale. Photo: Emily Meineke If I’ve learned anything during my graduate career, it’s how to count scale [...]

Emily Meineke 2017-06-29T10:45:01+00:00 August 12th, 2015|Categories: Natural Enemies, Urban Ecology|Tags: scale insects, trees|

IPM Symposium in Western NC – biocontrol, bees, and bugs

This is a fantastic symposium that has grown each year. It provides high-level information on IPM from national experts in biological control, pest ID, scouting and monitoring, disease management, pesticide use, and other topics. See [...]

Steve Frank 2017-06-26T20:09:39+00:00 July 15th, 2015|Categories: Greenhouse IPM, Landscape IPM, Natural Enemies, Nursery IPM|Tags: extension resources|

New paper: Everything you wanted to know about parasitoids and aphids in greenhouse biocontrol

Aphidius colemani parasitizing an aphid. Photo: AG Dale The parasitoid wasp, Aphidius colemani, injects eggs into aphids so their larvae can develop inside. After a week or two an adult wasp emerges dramatically [...]

Steve Frank 2017-06-26T23:37:49+00:00 June 12th, 2015|Categories: Greenhouse IPM, Lab Happenings, Natural Enemies|Tags: annuals and perennials, aphids|

Hoverflies – Bee mimics provide pollination and biocontrol services

Hoverfly on Chrysogonum virginianum. Photo: SD Frank You can often see hoverflies zipping in and out of flowers in your garden. They approach a flowering shrub or group of flowering perennials and hover [...]

Steve Frank 2017-06-27T09:33:50+00:00 June 4th, 2015|Categories: Natural Enemies, Natural History and Scientific Adventures, Pollinators|Tags: aphids|

Millions of scale insect predators hatching…careful they look like mealybugs!

Two larvae on willow oak trunk. Photo: SD Frank Yesterday on campus willow oak trees were covered in millions of what looked like mealybugs. But they were faster than mealybugs and constantly moving [...]

Steve Frank 2017-06-27T16:22:31+00:00 May 15th, 2015|Categories: Natural Enemies|Tags: scale insects, trees|

Aphids and natural enemies on tulip poplar

Tulip poplar leaf with aphids, a cluster of yellow lady beetle eggs, and a brown aphid mummy which houses a parasitoid wasp. Photo: SD Frank This time of year tulip poplar leaves are covered [...]

Steve Frank 2017-06-28T15:09:08+00:00 May 5th, 2015|Categories: Landscape IPM, Natural Enemies, Nursery IPM|Tags: aphids, trees|
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