ENTOMOLOGY AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IPM

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ENTOMOLOGY ANDINTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT (IPM)

• Bastiaan M. Drees
• Professor and Extension Entomologist

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Master Gardening Entomology

• http//AgriLifeBookstore.org

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Terminology

• Entomology
• Acarology
• Entomophobia (delusionary parasitosis)
• Toxicology
• Chemophobia

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Role of a Volunteer

• Proper identification of problem
• Determine goal of solution
• Refer to Extension sources of information
• Provide alternative course of action
• Suggestion versus recommendation
• Pros and cons
• The USER decides

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Liability
Texas Cooperative Extension
User
Manufacturer
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What is an insect?

• Photo by E. Boring

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The Insect Body
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Metamorphosis

• Simple
• Intermediate
• Complete

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Body Regions

• Head
• Thorax
• Abdomen

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Exoskeleton

• Absorption
• Oils, soaps, diatomaceous earth

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• Chapman 1971

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Digestive System

• Stomach poisons
• Bacillus thuringiensis toxin

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Respiratory System

• Spiracles and tracheae versus lungs
• Aerosols and fumigant gases or vapors

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Nervous System

• Nerve poisons

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Hormone or Endocrine Systems

• Insect growth regulators (IGRs)

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Proper Identification 25,000 to 30,000 Insect
Species in Texas
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Classification of a Honey Bee

• KINGDOM Animal
• PHYLUM Arthropoda
• CLASS Insecta or Hexapoda
• ORDER Hymenoptera
• FAMILY Apidae
• GENUS SPECIES Apis mellifera
• AUTHOR Linnaeus

TCE File Photo
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Examples from 30 Insect Orders
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Collembola - springtails
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Thysanura - silverfish
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Phasmida - walkingsticks
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Orthoptera grasshoppers, crickets, katydids
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Mantodea praying mantids
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Blattaria - cockroaches
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Isoptera - termites
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Dermaptera - earwigs
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Psocoptera booklice and barklice
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Hemiptera true bugs

• Sucking mouthparts

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Hemiptera (Homoptera) cicadas, leafhopers,
whiteflies, aphids, scale insects

• Intermediate metamorphosis

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Neuroptera lacewings, ant lions

• Complete metamorphosis

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Coleoptera beetles, weevils
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Siphonaptera - fleas
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Diptera - flies
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Lepidoptera butterflies and moths
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Hymenoptera wasps, bees, ants
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Non-insect Arthropods

• Scorpionida scorpions
• Araneae spiders
• Acari ticks, mites, chiggers
• Isopoda sowbugs, pillbugs
• Chilopoda centipedes
• Diplopoda - millipedes

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