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Helicoverpa zea Also known as tomato fruitworm and bollworm. Authors: David Riley, Alton Sparks, Phillip Roberts, Entomologists, University of Georgia, 2022 Description Immature stages: Eggs are pale green when laid, turning yellow and darkening with age. Eggs are flattened sphere shaped with ridges radiating from top-center. Larvae range in size (1.5 mm – 25 mm).…
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Tobacco thrips: Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) Western flower thrips: Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) Flower thrips: Frankliniella trtici (Fitch) Authors: David Riley, Alton Sparks, Entomologists, University of Georgia, 2022 Description Immature stages: Larval thrips are similar in body structure to adult thrips but lack well developed wings. Wing pads are visible on prepupae and pupae. Larval thrips are…
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Ashfaq Sial, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 2025 Blueberry bud mite, Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) is a tiny eriophyid mite. If abundant, bud mites can abort flower buds producing symptoms that resemble cold injury or poor fruit set. Blueberry bud mites are roughly 125th inch long, white to translucent in color, and somewhat carrot-shaped, with the front end or head being a bit larger than the…
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Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) Credit: Adaptation from original fact sheet published by University of Florida, 2020 Sydney Weigand (Ed.), 2025 Description Immature stages: Borer eggs are oval, measuring about 0.6 mm in length and 0.4 mm in width. When first deposited, they are greenish, soon turning pinkish, and eventually reddish. The number of instars, or developmental…
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Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) Author: Ash Sial, Entomologist, University of Georgia, 2022 Description Immature stages: Larvae are white with a cylindrical body that tapers on one end, only 1/8”. Adult stages: Adults have a brownish-yellow thorax, black stripes across the abdomen, and distinct red eyes. Males have dark spots on wingtips and black combs on forelegs.…
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Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) Author: Craig Roubos, Ash Sial, Entomology, University of Georgia Description Immature stages: Eggs are oval-shaped, transparent and very small. Larvae are legless and white in color when newly hatched. As larvae mature, they darken and become orange by the time they are ready to pupate. Mature larvae have a unique feature called…
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Comstockaspis perniciosus Author: Brett Blaauw, Fruit Entomologist, University of Georgia, 2021 Description Immature stages: The mobile stage of San Jose scale (SJS) immatures, known as ‘crawlers,’ are yellow, somewhat oval, and minute at about 1/100 inch long. Adult stages: Adult females are yellow, circular, sac-like insects. They secrete and live beneath a protective round gray-brown…
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Chalcodermus aeneus (Boheman) Author: David Riley, Stormy Sparks, and Sydni Barwick, University of Georgia, 2019 Description Immature stages: Females lay eggs, which are white, oval in shape, and are less than a centimeter in length, into pods. These consequently hatch into small white grubs that damage the seed (middle image). The duration of the egg…
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Written by: Ash Sial, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, 2025 Scales are a large group of insects (superfamily Coccoidea) in order Hemiptera that are minute to small in size and sexually dimorphic – males and females are distinctly different in appearance (Daly et al. 1998). They have unusual lifecycle; females have incomplete metamorphosis (egg-immatures-adult),…