Forestry
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Coleoptera: Scolytidae Authors: David Coyle, Brady Self, James Floyd, John Riggins, Southern Regional Extension Forestry (SREF), 2018 Description Four species of Ips bark beetles (commonly known as Ips engraver beetles or Ips beetles) occur throughout pure and mixed pine forests in the southeastern U.S.: the six-spined ips (Ips calligraphus), the pine engraver (Ips pini), the…
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Adelges tsugae (Annand) Authors: Mark Abney, Benjamin Aigner, Entomologists, University of Georgia, 2022 Karla Addesso, Tennessee State University, and Elizabeth Benton, Jason Oliver, University of Georgia, 2019 Sydney Weigand (Ed.), 2025 Description Immature stages: The eggs of the hemlock wooly adelgid, or HWA, are brownish-orange and darken as they mature. They are laid underneath a…
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Written by: Emily Cabrera, UGA IPM Communications Coordinator Experts/Sources: Elizabeth McCarty, Forest Health Specialist, University of Georgia and Rebekah Wallace, EDDMapS Coordinator & Bugwood Images Coordinator, Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health As of June 2022, North Carolina has an established population of Lycorma delicatula, an invasive insect pest of trees and vines including a…