Master Gardener class for entomology

1. The Good, the Badand the Ugly Entomology In the Real World

2. Presented by: Amy Aldenderfer County Extension Agent for Horticulture

3. What is an insect? Hardened exoskeleton Three body parts Six legs One to two pairs of wings One pair of antennae

4. The Head: The brain, the mouth, and the feelers

5. Head - Front View

6. The eyes Two types: Simple or Compound

8. Antennae

10. Mouth Types Types chewing piercing siphoning sponging reduced

11. What kind of mouth parts?

12. The Thorax: where the action happens

13. Leg Parts Coxa Trochanter Femur Tibia Tarsus Claw

14. Wing Types Membranous Elytra Tegmina Hemelytra Scaled

15. Wing types

16. The Abdomen

17. The Life Cycle Metamorphosis Incomplete Complete

18. Incomplete Metamorphosis

19. Incomplete Metamorphisis

20. Complete Metamorphosis

22. The Insect World Top 20 The following are the top 20 insects that concern the public, based on the calls we receive.

23. Aphids Identification Damage Management

25. Spider Mites

27. Spruce Spider Mites

28. Damage

29. Lace Bugs

31. Scale

33. White Fly

35. Borers

37. Grubs

39. Tent Caterpillars

40. Psyllid

41. Bagworms

42. Beetles

43. Caterpillars

44. Thrips

45. HOME INVADING INSECTS

46. Beetles

47. Termites

48. Ants

49. Carpenter Ants

50. Bees/ Wasps

51. Spiders

52. HUMAN HOSTS

53. Mosquitoes

54. Ticks Deer Tick (Black Legged Tick) Dog Tick Lone Star Tick

55. Acknowledgements Photos courtesy of: Texas A&M Cornell University University of Minnesota UC Davis Troy Bartlett Iowa State University Hoffmann, M.P. and Frodsham, A.C. (1993) Natural Enemies of Vegetable Insect Pests. Cooperative Extension, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 63 pp.

56. Questions?