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ANIMALS
Pest Management Recommendations for Dairy Cattle Pest
 
Management Recommendations for Horses Pest Management
 
Recommendations for Poultry Pest Management
 
Recommendations for Sheep, Goats, & Swine
 
West Nile Encephalitis in Horses 
 
 
 
 
Beekeeping
General
Bees Are Beneficial
 
Information for Bee-Ginners
 
What is the Africanized Honey Bee
 
Basic Bee Biology for Beekeepers  
Starting With Bees
Tips on How to Handle Bees
 
Beekeeping Equipment & Supplies
 
Queen, Nuc, and Package Bee Suppliers
 
Sources of Information/Assistance for Beekeepers
 
Beekeeping for Beginners (available in hardcopy only)
 
 
Keeping Bees in Populated Areas/Tips for Suburban Beekeepers
 
Bee Management
Early Spring Management
 
Fall Management
 
Dividing Honey Bee Colonies
 
Swarming - Its Prevention & Control
 
Transferring Bees
 
Removing Bees
 
Bait Hives
 
Honey
 
Diseases/Pests
Chemicals and Drugs for Control of Parasites and Pests of Honey Bees
 
Tracheal Mites
 
Pests of Honey Bees
 
Stinging Insect Control
 
Wax Moth
 
Small Hive Beetle
 
Varroa Mite
 
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Beekeepers
 
Bee Diseases & Their Control
 
Bears and Bees  
Pollination
Japanese Hornfaced Bee, Basic Biology and Management of
 
Moving Bees
 
Pollination
 
Pollination Contracts
 
BIOLOGICAL CONTROL    Click to go back to top of page.
Insect-Parasitic Nematodes for the Management of Soil-Dwelling Insects
   
FIELD CROPS     Click to go back to top of page.
Armyworm as a Pest of Field Corn   
 
Billbugs as Pests of Field Corn  
 
Black Cutworm  
 
Cereal Rust Mite  
 
Clover Root Curculio: A Pest of Alfalfa and Clover  
 
Corn Earworm  
 
Corn Leaf Aphid on Field Corn  
 
European Corn Borer  
 
Fall Armyworm as a Pest of Field Corn  
 
Flea Beetle  
 
Garden Symphylan as a Pest of Field Crops  
   
Hessian Fly on Wheat  
 
Insect Pests of Soybeans in Pennsylvania  
 
Major Insect Pests of Red Clover in Pennsylvania  
 
Potato Leafhopper on Alfalfa  
 
Pest Management Program for Alfalfa in Pennsylvania (available in hard copy)  
 
Seedcorn Maggot as a Pest of Field Corn  
 
Slugs as Pests of Field Corn  
 
Sod Webworm as Occasional Pests of Field Corn  
 
Soybean Aphid    
Stalk Borer  
 
Two-Spotted Spider Mite on Soybeans & Field Corn  
 
Western and Northern Corn Rootworm Management in Pennsylvania  
 
Wireworms as Pests of Field Crops  
 
   
 
 Stored Grains
Angoumois Grain Moth
 
Cigarette Beetle
 
Confused Flour Beetle and Red Flour Beetle
 
Dark & Yellow Mealworms
 
Drugstore Beetle
 
Flour & Grain Mites
 
Foreign Grain Beetles
 
Hairy Fungus Beetles
 
Indian Meal Moth
 
Managing Stored-Grain on the Farm
 
Mediterranean Flour Moth
 
Sawtoothed and Merchant Grain Beetle
 
Weevils on Stored Grain
 
   
  
 FRUITS & NUTS  Click to go back to top of page.
Tree Fruit
American Plum Borer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Apple Grain Aphid (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Apple Leafminer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Apple Maggot (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Apple Rust Mite (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Black Cherry Aphid (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Buffalo Treehopper (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Cherry Fruit Fly and Black Cherry Fruit Fly (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Codling Moth (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Dogwood Borer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
European Apple Sawfly (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
European Red Mite on Apples (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Green Aphids (Apple Aphid and Spirea Aphid) (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Green Fruitworms (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Green Peach Aphid (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Gypsy Moth (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Japanese Beetle   (Tree Fruite Production Guide)  
 
Lesser Appleworm (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Lesser Peach Tree Borer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Mullein Plant Bug (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Obliquebanded Leafroller (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Oriental Fruit Moth (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Peach Tree Borer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Pear Psylla (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Pear Slug (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Pear Thrips (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Pearleaf Blister Mite and Pear Rust Mite (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Periodical Cicada (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Plum Curculio (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Potato Leafhopper (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Redbanded Leafroller (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Rose Leafhopper (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Rosy Apple Aphid (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
San Jose Scale (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Shothole Borer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Spotted Tentiform Leafminer (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Tarnished Plant Bugs, other Plant Bugs, and Stink Bugs (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Tufted Apple Budmoth (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Twospotted Spider Mite on Stone Fruits (Small-Scale Fruit Production Guide) (Tree Fruit Prod. Guide)  
 
Variegated Leafroller (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Western Flower Thrips (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
White Apple Leafhopper (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Woolly Apple Aphid (Tree Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Tree Fruit Production Guide  
 
   
 
   Small Fruits
Grape Root Borer (Small-Scale Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Plant Bugs on Strawberries (Small-Scale Fruit Production Guide)  
 
Strawberry Clipper  
 
Small-Scale Fruit Production Guide  
 
   
 
   Nuts
Chestnut Weevil  
 
Walnut Husk Fly  
 
   
 
 VEGETABLES Click to go back to top of page.
Asparagus Beetle  
 
Beans - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
Bean Seed Maggot  
 
Bulb Crops - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
Cabbage Maggot  
 
Colorado Potato Beetle  
 
Corn Flea Beetle and Bacterial Wilt  
 
Corn Earworm in Sweet Corn  
 
Corn Rootworm in Sweet Corn  
 
Diamondback Moth  
 
Early Season Soil Pests  
 
End of Season Clean-up  
 
European Corn Borer on Peppers  
 
European Corn Borer  
 
Green Peach Aphid on Peppers  
 
Identifying Non-targets from Fall Armyworm Pheromone Captures  
 
Insect Control Strategies for Vine Crops  
 
Insect Management in Sweet Corn    
Leafy Vegetables - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
Onion Thrips  
 
Pests of Vegetables  
 
Instructions for Using Pheromone-Baited Traps for European Corn
Borer, Corn Earworm and Fall Armyworm		  
 
Potato Leafhopper  
 
Resistance and It's Management    
Root Crops - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
Slugs and Their Control  
 
Squash Bug  
 
Squash Vine Borer  
 
Sweet Corn - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
Sweet Corn Thresholds  
 
Tarnished Plant Bug  
 
Thrips on Cabbage  
 
Treated Seed for Flea Beetle and Stewart's Wilt Management in Sweet Corn   
 
Vegetable Insect Pest Management Sources of Information  
 
Vine Crops - Insect Identification and Control in the Home Garden  
 
   
 
ORNAMENTALS   Click to go back to top of page.
Trees & Shrubs
Aphids on Ornamentals
Bagworm
Birch Leafminer
Black Vine Weevil
Boring Insects, General Introduction
 
 
Boxelder Bug (Listed under Household Nuisance)
 
 
Boxwood Leafminer
Boxwood Psyllid
Bronze Birch Borer
Cottony Maple Scale
Dogwood Borer
 
 
Eastern Tent Caterpillar
Elm Leaf Beetle
Elm Spanworm
Euonymus Scale
European Fruit Lecanium
Fall Cankerworm
Fall Webworm
Fletcher Scale
Galls on Oak
Gypsy Moth
Honeylocust Plant Bug
Japanese Beetle Control on Ornamental Plants
Kermes Scale
 
 
Lace Bug on Deciduous Woody Ornamental Plants
Leaf Galls on Maple  
Magnolia Scale
Mimosa Webworm
Native Holly Leafminer
Obscure Scale
Oystershell Scale
Peachtree Borer
Pear Thrips in Pennsylvania
Periodical Cicada
Potato Leafhopper on Woody Ornamentals
Rhododendron Borer
Rose Chafer
 
 
Tuliptree Scale
Twospotted Spider Mite
Viburnum Leaf Beetle
Yellownecked Caterpillar
 
 
 
   Evergreens & Conifers
Cooley Spruce Gall Adelgid
Eastern Spruce Gall Adelgid
Elongate Hemlock Scale
European Pine Shoot Moth
European Pine Sawfly
Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
Juniper Scale
Lace Bugs on Broad-Leaved Evergreen Ornamental Plants
Pine Needle Scale
Spruce Spider Mite
White Pine Weevil
 
 
 
TURF   Click to go back to top of page.
Ants in Home Lawns    
Billbugs in Home Lawns New!
Chinch Bugs in Home Lawns New!
Green June Beetle New!
Sod Webworms in Home Lawns New!
White Grubs in Home Lawns Revised!
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD   Click to go back to top of page.
Pests
Black Carpet Beetle Updated!
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