general turf insects – identification, biology
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General Turf Insects – Identification, Biology. David J. Shetlar, Ph.D. The “BugDoc”. The Ohio State University, OARDC & OSU Extension Columbus, OH. John Royals CPCC. Major Turfgrass Insect Pests. White Grubs. Mole Crickets. Caterpillars (CW, AW, & SWW). Billbugs. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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General Turf Insects – Identification, Biology
David J. Shetlar, Ph.D. The “BugDoc”
The Ohio State University, OARDC & OSU Extension Columbus, OH
John RoyalsCPCC
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Major Turfgrass Insect Pests
• White Grubs
• Mole Crickets
• Caterpillars (CW, AW, & SWW)
• Billbugs • Chinch Bugs
• Nuisance Pests
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Turfgrass Insect Pests by Target Zone (the Target Principle)
• Soil-inhabiting
• Leaf and Stem-inhabiting
• Stem and Thatch-inhabiting
• Nuisance
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Sod Webworms
True Sod Webworms [Crambinae]
Tropical Sod Webworms [Pyralinae]
Bluegrass WW P. teterrella Larger SWW Pediasia trisecta Western SWW Tehama bonifatella Striped SWW Fissicrambus mutabilis Corn Root Webworm Crambus caliginosellus Vagabond Crambus Agriphila vulgivagella
Tropical SWW Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
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Sod WebwormsSpring damage
Larva and frass
Adult bluegrass webworm
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Bluegrass webworm Larger sod webworm
Striped sod webworm Cranberry girdler
Sod Webworm Distribution Maps
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Sod webworm damage to green often resembles disease or other maladies.
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Sod webworm silk and topdressing cover over burrow, on golf green
Sod webworm larva in burrow on sand-based green.
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Sod WebWorms
• Adults slender with extended palpi; called snout moths or lawn moths nocturnal activity, resting during the day
• Larvae with chacteristic dark spots usually; nocturnal, hiding in silken retreats during day; forage at night
• Multivoltine• Host plants all grasses• Damage small yellow/ browning patches in summer,
increasing in size; preference for sunny locations• Sample by soap flushes
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Cutworms & Armyworms (Noctuidae)
Cutworms
Black Cutworm Agrotis upsilon Bronzed Cutworm Nephelodes minians Variegated Cutworm Peridroma saucia
ArmywormsCommon Armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta Fall Armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda Yellowstriped Armyworm S. ornithogalli
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The black cutworm can only overwinter in southern states (dark shading), and it normally flies northward with spring storm fronts. It may have four to five generations in the transition zones (medium shading) and two to three generations in the cooler-transition zones and true cool-season zones (light shading).
Black Cutworm Distribution Map
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Black cutworm damage spots on short-cut bentgrass.
Black cutworm larva feeding at night.
Black cutworm larvae the morning after treatment with insecticide.
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Black cutworm females attach eggs to grass blade tips.
Black cutworms usually appear to have a broad, light colored striped down the back and a pebble-surfaced integument.
Black cutworm adults feed on nectar at night and then locate turf on which to attach eggs.
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Cut Worms
• A group of caterpillars with similar habits (cut off young plants at ground level, doing no other damage to plants ( wasteful and destructive)
• Often have “greasy or velvety” dark appearance as larvae; curl up when disturbed; nocturnal
• Larvae often use aeration holes for hibernacula during the day feeding at night damage to greens resembles ball marks (close cropping)
• Multivoltine: spring migrant adults colonize; wide distribution
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The true armyworm, often called the common armyworm, has dark and light colored stripes and a )-(-mark on the head.
The adult armyworm is a simple buff color with a diagnostic small white spot on each wing.
Armyworm larvae can seemingly eat turf down to the thatch “literally over night!”
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Fall armyworm thinning of bermudagrass rough adjacent to fairway.
Fall armyworm damage to bermudagrass can appear as foliar disease, drought stress or other maladies.
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Fall armyworm egg mass on tree leaf. FAW egg mass on post.
FAW larva showing white Y-mark on head.
FAW adult male.
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Armyworms
• Larvae move in groups (army-like)
• Defoliating, plant-striping caterpillars, usually with stripes, feeding primarily on all types of grasses; damage is a ragged appearance/browning irregular areas
• Multivoltine; spring migrant adults colonize; wide distribution
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Detection
• Sod webworms, cutworms, and armyworms can be detected by soap flushes in close cropped areas
• Army worms can be visually observed without flushing
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Bermudagrass Mite Eriophyes cynodoniensis Sayed
Bermudagrass mites cause internodes to stop elongating which results in tufting of the grass stems.
Bermudagrass mites are microscopic, carrot-shaped mites (eriophyids).
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Bermuda Grass Mite
• Serious of golf courses
• Yellowing, rolling twisting of leaves, shortened internodes
• Late spring and summer
• Several resistant varieties of bermuda
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Clover Mite Bryobia praetiosa Koch
Clover mites are characterized by having elongate front legs which are orange-pink in color. The mites feed on turf leaves but cluster on structures to molt and lay eggs.
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Clover Mite
• Kills turf grasses a few feet from foundations of buildings
• Stippling; water-stressed turf (dry)
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Winter Grain Mite Penthaleus major (Duges)
Winter grain mites have bright orange legs and dorsal anus openings.
Winter grain mite adults feed at night and are active from November into May, but may stop activity when daytime temperatures do not get above freezing.
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Banks Grass Mite Oligonychus pratensis (Banks)
Banks grass mites attack cool-season and warm-season turf. On St. Augustine- grass, they cause patches of yellow on the blades. On bluegrass and perennial rye, the mites cause blanching of the turf during the winter months.
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Banks Grass Mite
• Bluegrass, Bentgrass, St. Augustine grass
• Stippling; water-stressed turf (dry)