by Amanda Masholie | Sep 12, 2025
Florida’s year-round mosquito population poses a serious threat to equine health. Mosquito-borne viruses such as Eastern, Western, and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis (EEE, WEE, VEE) and West Nile Virus (WNV) can cause severe neurological damage and high mortality...
by Ethan Carter | Aug 29, 2025
The 2025 UF Peanut Field Day was held Thursday, August 14, near Marianna, Florida. The event had a record turnout for recent years, with 194 people. Six tractor pulled wagons through the fields carrying attendees to the different speaker stops. This annual...
by Isaac Esquivel | Aug 22, 2025
Isaac Esquivel, UF/IFAS Crop Entomologist, Scott Graham, Alabama Crop Extension Specialist, Phillip Roberts, Georgia Extension Crop Entomologist, and Jeremy Greene, Clemson Crop Entomologist A couple of weeks ago, I shared that the Two-spotted cotton leafhopper...
by external | Aug 22, 2025
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Extension Crop Entomologist At the risk of jinxing the whole dang thing, the question I have gotten most in recent days from peanut farmers, county agents, and consultants has been, “Where are the caterpillars?” The short answer is that I...
by external | Jul 31, 2025
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Extension Crop Entomologist Late July and early August are generally prime time for foliage feeding caterpillars in peanut fields. Caterpillar pressure has been relatively light so far in 2025, but I have gotten a couple reports of fields at or...
by Ray Bodrey | Jul 11, 2025
One the greatest threats to the western honey bee, Apis mellifera Linnaeus, is a mite species known as Varroa destructor. Unfortunately, the Florida Panhandle is within the range of this hive devastating pest. Oxalic acid treatment has been shown to work well against...
