Ornamentals and Turf Entomology

Class Syllabus

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Week 0

Below are some insect-related handouts that will be used throughout the course. Be sure to study them for each associated module, and feel free to keep using them after completing the course. They can be a great resource for identifying and controlling pest populations!

  1. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
  2. Keys to Arthropods on Ornamentals 
  3. Insect Morphology 
    A white page with four pictures of insects with scaley wings. Top left: Caddisfly. Top Right: Tiger Swallowtail. Bottom Left: IO Moth. Bottom Right: Hoary Edge Skipper
  4. Insect Orders (insects and related arthropod orders)
  5. Drawings from Keys
  6. Order Thysanoptera: Thrips: Life history
  7. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Families
  8. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
  9. List of greenhouse insecticides by class 
  10. Class Arachnida, Order Araneae: Spiders: Life history
  11. Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera: Lacewings: Life history 
    14 pictures of handrawn insects, titled "Insect Drawings from Keys to Orders & Groups"
  12. Mites: List of families and explanation of eriophyid mites
  13. Miticides and compatibility with biological control
  14. Moths in Turf: Identifying, Scouting, and Management
  15. Order Lepidoptera: List of families
  16. Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies and moths: Life history
  17. Order Hymenoptera: List of families
  18. Order Hymenoptera: Life history
  19. Suborder Heteroptera: List of families 
  20. Suborder Heteroptera: True bugs: Life history
  21. Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: List of families
  22. Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history 
    Page titled "Class Arachnida, Order Araneae: Spiders" with two pictures of spiders on the top. Left: Garden Orb Weaver. Right: Daring Jumping Spider
  23. Life-history traits of armored scales and soft scales
  24. Order Diptera: List of families
  25. Order Diptera: Life history
  26. Order Coleoptera: List of families
  27. Order Coleoptera: Beetles, weevils, grubs, borers: Life history

Week 1

Week 1 Topic Week 1 Lecture 

Introduction to course

Insect life history

Introduction to landscape IPM

Using the web for finding information

 

 

 
  1. Introduction to Life History (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
  3. Keys to Arthropods on Ornamentals and Drawings from Keys (NC State)

Read before lecture: Chapter 1: IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Krischik: UMN)

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History of IPM

Damage diagnosis

 

 

 
  1. History of IPM (power point presentation)
  2. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
  3. Keys to Arthropods on Ornamentals and Drawings from Keys (NC State)

Read before lecture: 

  1. Integrated Pest Management (Marcos Kogan)
  2. Chapter 4: Symptom Categories of Pest Damage (Davidson: University of Maryland)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 2

Week 2 Topic Week 2 Lecture

Introduction to insects and mites

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Index to the Compendium of Hexapod Classes and Orders (NC State)
  3. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
  4. Keys to Arthropods on Ornamentals and Drawings from Keys (NC State)

     

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View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 3

Week 3 Topic Week 3 Lecture

Introduction to insects and mites

 

 

 
  1. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Insect Morphology 
  3. Insect Orders (insects and related arthropod orders)
  4. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
  5. Keys to Arthropods on Ornamentals and Drawings from Keys
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View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 4

Week 4 Topic Week 4 Lecture

Greenhouse/ interiorscape IPM: pests

 

 

 

 
  1. Greenhouse Pests (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Thysanoptera: Thrips: Life history
  3. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Families
  4. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
  5. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Learning tasks:

  1. Study Greenhouse page 
    1. Pesticide Information
    2. Pest Identification
      1. Aphids
      2. Flies
      3. Mealybugs
      4. Mites
      5. Scale Insects
      6. Thrips
      7. Whiteflies
  2. Search for thrips on PlantFacts (Ohio State)
  3. Read OHP Chemical Class Chart
Week 4 Topic (part 2) Week 4 Lecture (part 2)

Greenhouse/ interiorscape IPM: biocontrol and pesticides

 

 

 

 
  1. Greenhouse Biological Control (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. List of greenhouse insecticides by class 
  3. Management of insect and mites in greenhouse floral crops (OSU)
  4. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Families
  5. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
  6. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Read before lecture: Chapter 8: Pesticide Characteristics and Use (Cloyd: U Illinois)

Learning tasks:

  1. Study Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America (Cornell)
  2. Study Biological Control on the NCIPM site
  3. Study Biological Control of Weeds (Weed Science Society of America)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 5

Week 5 Topic Week 5 Lecture

Greenhouse resistance management and IPM programs
  1. Greenhouse IPM Programs (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Families
  3. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
  4. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Learning tasks:

  1. Study OHP Insect Solutions
  2. Read Thrips Cocktail, 2012
  3. Read OHP Chemical Class Chart
Week 5 Topic (part 2) Week 5 Lecture (part 2)
Greenhouse resistance management and IPM programs
  1. Greenhouse Resistance Management (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Families
  3. Order Hemiptera, Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
  4. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda
  5. Read OHP Chemical Class Chart 
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Read before lecture: Biological Control: Approaches and Application (Landis and Orr)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 6

Week 6 Topic Week 6 Lecture

Landscape IPM: biocontrol
  1. Beneficial Insects and Other Arthropods (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Class Arachnida, Order Araneae: Spiders: Life history
  3. Class Insecta, Order Neuroptera: Lacewings: Life history
  4. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Learning tasks:

  1. Study Beneficial Arthropods
  2. Study Biological Control: A Guide to Natural Enemies in North America (Cornell)
Week 6 Topic (part 2) Week 6 Lecture (part 2)
Landscape IPM: biocontrol
  1. Lady Beetles in Biological Control (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Read before lecture:

  1. Chapter 3: Tips for Using Biological Control in the Landscape (Sadof: Purdue)
  2. Pesticide Compatibility with Biological Control (Sadof and Raupp: Michigan State)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 7

Week 7 Topic Week 7 Lecture

Landscape IPM: pesticides
  1. Information on Recent and Novel Pesticides (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda  
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Read before lecture:

  1. Chapter 9: Classes of Pesticides Used in Landscape/Nursery Pest Management (Cranshaw: Colorado State)
  2. Chapter 10: Relative Hazards of Turf and Ornamental Pesticides to Non-target Species (Cranshaw: Colorado State)

Learning tasks: Go to Kelly Solutions and study pesticides

Additional resources:

  1. Pesticides for Home, Nursery, and Landscape (Krischik and Delahaut: UMN/ U Wisconsin)
  2. Insecticide Suggestions to Manage Landscape Tree and Shrub Insects (Krischik and Hahn: UMN)
Week 7 Topic (part 2) Week 7 Lecture (part 2)
Landscape IPM: mites
  1. Mites (Powerpoint presentation)
  2. Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Life history
  3. Mites: List of families and explanation of eriophyid mites
  4. Miticides and compatibility with biological control
  5. Introduction to Phylum Arthropoda 
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Read before lecture:

  1. Chapter 6: Mites in the Landscape (Appleby: U Illinois)
  2. Insect and Mite Galls (Wawrzynski et al.: UMN)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 8

Week 8 Topic

 Week 8 Lecture
Turf IPM
  1. Turf Pests (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Moths in Turf: Identifying, Scouting, and Management
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Read before lecture: Managing Turf Insects in a Bee Lawn (Krischik and Ascerno: UMN)

Additional resources: Pesticides for Turf (Krischik: UMN)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 9

Week 9 Topic Week 9 Lecture

Turf IPM
  1. Phyllophaga and other Grub Management (PowerPoint presentation)
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Read before lecture: Japanese Beetle Management in Minnesota (Krischik, UMN)

Learning tasks:

  1. Study U.S. Japanese Beetle Domestic Harmonization Plan (USDA APHIS)
Week 9 Topic (part 2) Week 9 Lecture (part 2)
Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, and skippers)
  1. Introduction to Lepidoptera (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Lepidoptera: List of families
  3. Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies and moths: Life history
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Read before lecture:

  1. Forest Tent Caterpillars in Minnesota (Hahn et al.: UMN)
  2. Spring and Fall Cankerworms (Ascerno and Hahn: UMN)

Learning tasks: Study Butterfly Gardening (Krischik: UMN)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 10

Week 10 Topic Week 10 Lecture

Lepidoptera

Degree days
  1. Degree-Day and Phenological Models         (PowerPoint presentation)
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Read before lecture: Chapter 11: Using Degree-Days and Plant Phenology to Predict Pest Activity (Herms: Ohio State)

Week 10 Topic (part 2) Week 10 Lecture (part 2)
Gypsy moth
  1. Spongy Moth (Powerpoint presentation)          
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Read before lab:

  1. Arrest the Pest! (MDA)
  2. What is a Gypsy Moth? (MDA)
  3. Treatments: Btk (MDA)
  4. Treatments: Pheromone Flakes (MDA)
  5. Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 162: Gypsy Moth (USDA FS)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 11

Week 11 Topic Week 11 Lecture

Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, ants)

 

 

 

 

 
  1. Selected Families of Hymenoptera (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Hymenoptera: List of families
  3. Order Hymenoptera: Life history
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Read before lecture: Common Oak Galls (U Kentucky Entomology)

Week 11 Topic (part 2) Week 11 Lecture (part 2)

Hymenoptera (sawflies)

 

 

 

 

 

 
  1. Introduction to Sawflies (PowerPoint presentation)
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Read before lecture:

  1. Birch Leafminers (Hahn and Ascerno: UMN)
  2. Sawflies of Trees and Shrubs (Wawrzynski: UMN)
  3. Pigeon tremex (Forestry Images, U Georgia)
  4. Horntails or Wood Wasps (Cornell University)
  5. Elm sawfly, Cimbex americana (Forestry Images, U Georgia)

​​​​Learning tasks:

  1. Study Articles about Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly:
    1. Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly (USDA FS)
    2. Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly (Maine FS)
    3. Yellowheaded Spruce Sawfly Ecology & Management (MN FS)
  2. Study Articles about Mountain Ash Sawfly:
    1. Mountain Ash Sawfly (Maine FS)
    2. Mountain-Ash Sawfly (Cornell University)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 12

Week 12 Topic Week 12 Lecture

Hemiptera (true bugs)
  1. Introduction to Hemiptera (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Suborder Heteroptera: List of families 
  3. Suborder Heteroptera: True bugs: Life history
  4. Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: List of families
  5. Suborders Auchenorrhyncha and Sternorrhyncha: Life history
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Read before lecture:

  1. Chapter 7: Management of Insect-Vectored Diseases (Cloyd: U Illinois)
  2. Insect and Mite Galls
Week 12 Topic (part 2) Week 12 Lecture (part 2)
Hemiptera (true bugs, scales)
  1. Armored and Soft Scales (PowerPoint presentation)            
  2. Life-history traits of armored scales and soft scales      
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Read before lecture: Scale Insects of Trees and Shrubs (Wawrzynski and Ascerno: UMN)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 13

Week 13 Topic Week 13 Lecture
Diptera (flies)
  1. Selected Families of Diptera (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Diptera: List of families
  3. Order Diptera: Life history (handout)
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Week 13 Topic (part 2) Week 13 Lecture (part 2)
Coleoptera (beetles)
  1. Families of Coleoptera (PowerPoint presentation)
  2. Order Coleoptera: List of families
  3. Order Coleoptera: Beetles, weevils, grubs, borers: Life history
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View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 14

Week 14 Topic Week 14 Lecture

Coleoptera
  1. Leaf Beetles and Weevils (PowerPoint presentation)    
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Read before lecture: Leaf Beetles in Urban Landscapes (Wawrzynski: UMN)

Week 14 Topic (part 2) Week 14 Lecture (part 2)

Coleoptera
  1. Beetle Borers (PowerPoint presentation)   
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Read before lecture:

  1. The Bronze Birch Borer and its Management (Wawrzynski & Krischik: UMN)
  2. Oak Wilt in Minnesota (Juzwik: UMN, Schwingle: DNR, and Russell: UMN)
  3. Chapter 5: Tree Injections and Implants (Harrell: UNL)
  4. Elm bark beetle, smaller European
  5. Elm bark beetle, native

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 15

Week 15 Topic Week 15 Lecture

Quarantine Pests
  1. Exotics vs. Native Pests (PowerPoint presentation)                  
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Week 15 Topic (part 2) Week 15 Lecture (part 2)
Quarantine Pests
  1. Exotic Pests (PowerPoint presentation)      
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Read before lecture:

  1. Asian Longhorned Beetle
    1. Whitespotted sawyer or Asian longhorned beetle? (NR Canada)
    2. Asian Longhorned Beetle (USDA APHIS)
    3. Current infestation of Asian Longhorned Beetle (USDA FS)
  2. Emerald Ash Borer
    1. Emerald Ash Borer (MSU Extension, Purdue Extension, DNR, USDA-APHIS)
    2. Emerald Ash Borer in Minnesota (MDA)
    3. Emerald Ash Borer Identification (USDA FS)
    4. Insecticide options for control of Emeral Ash Borer (MSU Extension, Purdue Extension, DNR, USDA-APHIS)
  3. Pine Shoot Beetle
    1. Pine Shoot Beetle (USDA APHIS)
    2. Common Pine Shoot Beetle (MDA)
    3. Pine Shoot Beetle Compliance Management Program (USDA)
    4. IPM in Christmas Tree Production (McCullough and Koelling: MSU)
  4. Japanese Beetle
    1. Japanese Beetle (USDA APHIS)
    2. U.S. Japanese Beetle Domestic Harmonization Plan (USDA APHIS)
    3. Japanese Beetles in Minnesota (UMN)
  5. Spongy (Gypsy) Moth
    1. Quarantine Pest Alert: Gypsy Moth (MDA)
    2. Spongy (Gypsy) Moth in North America (USDA FS)
    3. Spongy (Gypsy) Moth (Wisconsin DNR)
  6. Sirex Wasp
    1. Sirex Woodwasp (USDA FS)
    2. Sirex Woodwasp (USDA-APHIS)
  7. Spotted Wing Drosophila
    1. Spotted Wing Drosophila in Minnesota (UMN)
    2. Spotted Wing Drosophila Identification (Cornell)
  8. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
    1. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in Minnesota (UMN)
    2. Brown Marmorated Stink Bug Identificaiton (MDA)
  9. Spotted Lanternfly
    1. Spotted Lanternfly (USDA-APHIS)
    2. Spotted Lanternfly (Penn State Extension)
  10. Boxwood Blight
    1. Boxwood Blight (Purdue Extension)
    2. Boxwood Blight in Wisconsin (DATCP)
    3. Boxwood Blight status in Minnesota (MDA)

View specimens from each insect family on the Ornamental and Turf Insect Gallery page.

Week 16

Week 16 Topic Week 16 

A History of Pesticides
  1. History of Pesticide Regulation (PowerPoint presentation)                                   
  2. Introduction to Insecticides (PowerPoint presentation)
  3. The History of DDT (PowerPoint presentation)
  4. The History of Systemic Insecticides (PowerPoint presentation)
  5. Does Atrazine Affect the Risk of Cancer? (PowerPoint presentation)            
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