{"id":229,"date":"2022-11-09T10:17:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T15:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/?page_id=229"},"modified":"2025-12-03T07:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:51:40","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Turfgrass and Ornamental Pest Management!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"106\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/12\/Fig.-1-BWLH.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1088 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pest Alert: Brown Winged Plant Hopper<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pochazia shantungensis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: GDA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/13f99c70-3dd7-4c6c-b299-075154d6b9ed.usrfiles.com\/ugd\/13f99c_714418b4547447f398236d7c11c2d7fb.pdf\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph-646x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-992 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph-646x1024.jpg 646w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph-768x1218.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph-969x1536.jpg 969w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/04\/Biology_1_Shimat-Joseph.jpg 1009w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spotted Lanternfly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Lycorma delicatula<\/em>&nbsp;(White)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Shimat V. Joseph, University of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C1336\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid-850x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1055 size-full\" style=\"object-position:57% 39%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid-850x1024.jpg 850w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid-249x300.jpg 249w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid-768x925.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid-1275x1536.jpg 1275w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/09\/Cotton-Jassid.jpg 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cotton Jassid on Hibiscus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Amrasca biguttula<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Shimat V. 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E. Smith)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Charles T. Bryson, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/2024\/08\/fall-armyworm-in-georgia-biology-and-management-in-turfgrass\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-719 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/09\/Adult-moth-photo-by-Hannah-Nadel.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Box tree moth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Cydalima perspectalis<\/strong><\/em> <strong>(Walker)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Hannah Nadel at USDA (20210813-APHIS-HN-002)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.uga.edu\/publications\/detail.html?number=C1319\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"648\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2022\/11\/Fig.-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-306 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2022\/11\/Fig.-1-3.jpg 648w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2022\/11\/Fig.-1-3-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crape Myrtle Bark Scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae<\/em> (Kuwana)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Jim Robbins, Univ. of Ark. CES, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bugwood.org\/\">Bugwood.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/2022\/11\/crape-myrtle-bark-scale-an-emerging-invasive-pest-in-the-nursery-and-landscape\/\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/03\/3.20.2025-1024x571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-936 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/03\/3.20.2025-1024x571.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2025\/03\/3.20.2025-300x167.jpg 300w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/Yellow-Legged-Hornet-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-675 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/Yellow-Legged-Hornet-.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/08\/Yellow-Legged-Hornet--300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yellow-Legged Hornet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Vespa&nbsp;velutina<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Allan Smith-Pardo, Invasive Hornets, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/survey123.arcgis.com\/share\/7b8255c0dbbd41daadd269d0ae2eb36a\">Report here<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bees.caes.uga.edu\/bees-beekeeping-pollination\/yellow-legged-hornet.html.html\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill-element\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/04\/Fig.-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-554 size-full\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/04\/Fig.-1-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/04\/Fig.-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/entomologyresearch\/files\/2023\/04\/Fig.-1-2-768x510.jpg 768w\" 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