University of Minnesota Extension educator Marissa Schuh used decorative craft models and art supplies to prepare a lesson on food crop pest scouting.
Insects
Find research-based information on both helpful and harmful insects, spiders and other insect relatives. Learn how to identify insect damage on plants and in the landscape as well as how to prevent and control common household insect infestations.
Features
UMN Twin Cities is an affiliate of Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society that raises awareness of the importance of pollinators and actions each of us can take to help pollinators.
Scale insects are common on many trees and shrubs. Natural enemies help keep them in check but scales sometimes can injure plants.
Household insects
Household insects
Insects and their relatives that infest homes, products and houseplants.
Pollinators
Bee Campus UMN Twin Cities
UMN Twin Cities is an affiliate of Bee Campus USA, an initiative of the Xerces Society that raises awareness of the importance of pollinators and actions each of us can take to help pollinators.
Honey bees, bumble bees and native bees
Visit the Bee Lab for information on helping pollinators
Landscapes to help bees and other pollinators
Grow bee lawns and pollinator-friendly plants.
Flowers for Minnesota bees
List of plants for bee food and habitat
Wasps and bees
Learn how to identify social wasps and bees and how to get rid of their nests.
Yard and garden insects
Yard and garden insects
Identify beneficial insects and insect pests and how to control them or encourage them in your yard and garden.
Flower insects
Four-lined plant bug, iris borers, rose chafers, spider mites, wasps and bees
Fruit and vegetable insects
Insects and other bugs that particularly help, harm or feed on fruits and vegetables
Lawn insects
Bluegrass billbug, cicada killers, cutworms, white grubs
Tree and shrub insects
Aphids, caterpillars, Japanese beetles, scales, sawflies
Biting insects and insect relatives
Black flies, mosquitoes and ticks
Pest management
Practical pest prevention for Minnesota schools
School IPM programs reduce pesticide applications and increase cost-effectiveness. Manage ants, rodents, wasps and bees.
Preventing pests in your yard and garden
Many yard and garden pests can be controlled successfully without pesticides.
News
Asian lady beetles are drawn to soybean fields, where they feast on aphids throughout the growing season. But once the crops are harvested and temperatures begin to drop, the beetles start looking for a warm place to spend the winter.
The handiwork of these quiet, efficient predators glistens in the cooling days of fall.
University of Minnesota Extension educator Marissa Schuh used decorative craft models and art supplies to prepare a lesson on food crop pest scouting.
Yard and Garden News
Timely information to help you care for your yard and garden.
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