Insect Orders to Know for Master Gardeners

Entomology Crash Course for Master Gardeners Dr. Ayanava Majumdar Extension Entomologist Alabama Cooperative Extension System Gulf Coast Research & Extension Center 8300 State Hwy 104, Fairhope, Alabama 36532 Cell phone: 251-331-8416

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IMPORTANT INSECT PEST ORDERS Dr. Ayanava Majumdar Extension Entomologist Alabama Cooperative Extension System Gulf Coast Research & Extension Center 8300 State Hwy 104, Fairhope, Alabama 36532 Cell phone: 251-331-8416 PART 1

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Coleoptera (beetles,weevils) Mexican bean beetle Some insect have defense markings (click beetle) Wireworms Vegetable weevil

Facts about beetles (Coleoptera) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Diptera (flies) Vegetable leafminer Seedcorn maggots Mouth hooks of maggots

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Hemiptera (true bugs) Piercing-sucking mouthparts (beak) Stink bug Leaf-footed bug Aphids

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Lepidoptera (moths, butterflies) Fall armyworm Granulate cutworm Tomato hornworm Imported cabbageworm

Identifying larvae by structure Thoracic legs Abdominal prolegs Anal proleg Normal number of prolegs = 4 (cutworms, armyworms) < Number of prolegs = 3 (green cloverworm) Number of prolegs = 2 (cabbage looper) >>

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Orthoptera (grasshoppers) All you wanted to know about grasshoppers: http://www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/index.htm ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Thysanoptera (thrips) Flower thrips Actual size = 5 mm Tobacco thrips

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