Piercing-sucking insects - ANSWER Scales, mealybugs, aphids, whiteflies & lacebugs; Leave Sooty Mold or Honeydew
Scales - ANSWER Most damaging pests of ornamental plants; feed on underside of leaves, appear as bumps, prune out infested parts, use less susceptible plants when possible
Mealyb...
Scales - ANSWER Most damaging pests of ornamental plants; feed on underside of leaves, appear as
bumps, prune out infested parts, use less susceptible plants when possible
Mealybugs - ANSWER Scale insects, Covered with white, waxy material, usually a houseplant
problem; replace badly infested plants
Aphids - ANSWER winged or wingless; tail pipes or bumps on rearend, reproduce rapidly; wash off
with water or soaps/oils
Lace bugs - ANSWER azalaes and other shrubs; feed on underside of leaves; look for black grainy
speck of excrement
Thrips - ANSWER Feed on blossoms causing petals to become blotched, most abundant pest of
ornamental plants
Whiteflies - ANSWER Close relative of scales, feed under leaf surfaces
Leafminers - ANSWER Larvae of several kinds of insects; feed inside the leaves creating tunnels
causing discoloration
Borers - ANSWER Cause injury by burrowing into ornamentals and trees. Stressed plants more
susceptible
, Brown Patch - ANSWER Most damaging disease of St. Augustinegrass in AL.
Spring Dead Spot - ANSWER Disease of Bermuda and intensively managed Zoysia and St. Augustine
Dollar Spot - ANSWER Caused by fungus; most common disease of AL turfgrasses in summer and
early fall
Leaf Scorch - ANSWER marginal scalding or scorching of leaves
Fungi - ANSWER Cause 80% of plant disease
Gall - ANSWER disease that attacks azaleas
Anthracnose - ANSWER disease that attacks dogwoods and maples
Leaf Spot - ANSWER disease that attacks holly and other shrubs
Phomopsis - ANSWER disease that attacks juniper
Fireblight - ANSWER disease that attacks pear trees and photinia
Ground Pearls - ANSWER scale insects that live in the soil and feed on grass roots; problem in lawns
and turn; leave small, irregular area of dying or dead grass. No effective insecticide
Billbugs - ANSWER grubs live in the soil and feed on grass roots; grass turns yellow then brown.
Adult is the snout beetle.
White grubs - ANSWER immature (larva) stage of beetles; feed on grass roots; do mechanical
damage when they move out of the soil
Mole Crickets - ANSWER most destructive insect pest on turf and lawns in AL.
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