Week 1 Topics

Readings/Tasks

Insect diversity

2. Insect Morphology html presentation (mouthparts, antennae, legs, wings, etc. of different insect orders)

3. Quiz 1

1. IPM of Midwest Landscapes: Pesticides for Home, Nursery, and Landscape (Krischik & Delahaut: U of Minnesota/ U of Wisconsin)

2. Insecticide Suggestions to Manage Landscape Tree and Shrub Insects (U of Minnesota Extension Service)

3. Insect and Mite Control on Woody Ornamentals and Herbaceous Perennials (Ohio State U):
 • Contents
 • General Pests
 • Information about Insecticides/Miticides

1. IPM of Midwest Landscapes: Pesticides for Turf (Krischik: U of Minnesota)

2. Management of Turfgrass Pests Weeds, Diseases, and Insects 2004 (Ohio State U):
 • Contents
 • Management of Turf Insects and Other Animals: Insecticide Registrations for Turf Pests
 • Management of Turf Insects and Other Animals: Information About Turf Insecticides/miticides

Week 2 Topics

Readings/Tasks

Search IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Pests of Trees and Shrubs) for the following:

Order Homoptera, Family Adelgidae, Pine and spruce aphids

Cooley spruce gall adelgid, Adelges cooleyi
Eastern spruce gall adelgid, Adelges abietis
hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae
pine bark adelgid, Pineus strobi

Order Homoptera, Family Psyllidae, Jumping plantlice or psyllids

hackberry nipple gall maker, Pachypsylla celtidismamma

Order Homoptera, Family Aphididae, aphids

aphids

honeysuckle witches’ broom aphid, Hyadaphis tataricae

Gall-making Hymenoptera: Cynipid gall wasps

1. Search IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Pests of Trees and Shrubs) for the following:

Order Hymenoptera, Family Cynipidae, gall wasps

oak cynipid galls

2. Read Insect pests of roses (Kevin Stroom, Jody Fetzer, and Vera Krischik, U Minnsota Extension Service)

3. Read Cynipid Oak Galls (U of Kentucky Department of Entomology)

Gall-making mites: Eriophyid mites

Search IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Pests of Trees and Shrubs) for the following:

Order Acari, Family Eriophyidae, gall mites, erineum mites, eriophyid mites

ash flower gall mite, Aceria fraxiniflora
elm eriophyid mite, Aceria parulmi
eriophyid mites, several species
hemlock rust mite, Nalepella tsugifoliae
maple spindlegall mite, Vasates aceriscrumena
maple velvet erineum gall, several species

2. Study Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Mites: List of families and explanation of eriophyid mites (handout)

3. Study Class Arachnida, Order Acari: Life history (handout)

4. Study Miticides and compatibility with biological control (handout)

5. Read Insect and Mite Galls in the Landscape (Wawrzynski et al.: U of Minnesota Extension Service)

6. Quiz 2

Week 3 Topics

Readings/Tasks

Search IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Pests of Trees and Shrubs) for the following:

Order Lepidoptera, Family Argyresthiidae, Ermine moths

arborvitae leafminer, Arbyresthia thuiella

Order Lepidoptera, Family Coleophoridae, Casebearers

elm casebearer, Coleophora ulmifoliella

Order Lepidoptera, Family Pyralidae, Pyralid moths

Zimmerman pine moth, Dioryctria zimmermani

Order Lepidoptera, Family Sesiidae, Clear-winged moths

clearwing borers, several species

Order Lepidoptera, Family Tortricidae, Tortricid moths

Eastern pine shoot borer, Eucosma gloriola

European pine shoot moth, Rhyacionia buoliana

2. Study Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies, moths: List of families (handout)

3. Study Class Hexapoda, Order Lepidoptera: Butterflies and moths: Life history (handout)

4. Read Shade tree borers (Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University)

5. Quiz 3

Hymenoptera: Borers

Study Order Hymenoptera, Family Siricidae, horntails/wood wasps

Pigeon tremex (Forestry Images, University of Georgia)
Horntails (Cornell University)

1. Selected Families of Hymenoptera power point: htm or ppt

2. Study Order Hymenoptera: List of families (handout)

3. Study Class Hexapoda, Order Hymenoptera: Sawflies, bees, wasps, ants, parasitoids: Life history (handout)

Week 4 Topics

Readings/Tasks

Search IPM of Midwest Landscapes (Pests of Trees and Shrubs) for the following:

Order Coleoptera, Family Buprestidae, Metallic wood-boring beetles, flatheaded borers

bronze birch borer, Agrilus anxius
flatheaded appletree borer, Chrysobothris femorata
emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis
twolined chestnut borer, Agrilus bilineatus

Order Coleoptera, Family Cerambycidae, Long-horned beetles, round headed borers

Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
elm borer, Saperda tridentata
locust borer, Megacyllene robiniae
roundheaded appletree borer, Saperda candida
twig girdler, Oncideres cingulata
twig pruner, Anelaphus villosus
whitespotted sawyer, Monochamus scutellatus

Order Coleoptera, Family Curculionidae, Snout beetles or weevils

black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus
Pales weevil, Hylobius pales
pine root collar weevil, Hylobius radicis
poplar-and-willow borer, Cryptorhynchus lapathi
strawberry root weevil, Otiorhynchus ovatus
white pine weevil, Pissodes strobi

Order Coleoptera, Family Scolytidae, Bark or engraver beetles

ambrosia bark beetle, Xylosandrus germanus
elm bark beetle, smaller European, Scolytus multistriatus
elm bark beetle, native, Hylurgopinus rufipes
pine bark engraver, Ips pini
pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda

Coleoptera: Borers

2. Read IPM of Midwest Landscapes, Chapter 5: Tree Injections and Implants (Harrell: U of Nebraska-Lincoln)

3. Read The Bronze Birch Borer and Its Management (Wawrzynski et al.: U of Minnesota Extension Service)

4. Read Woodboring, Roundheaded and Flatheaded Borer Adults (William F. Lyon, Ohio State University)

5. Read IPM of Midwest Landscapes: Elm bark beetle, smaller European (p. 111-112)

6. Read IPM of Midwest Landscapes: Elm bark beetle, native (p. 113-114)

7. Read Oak Wilt in Minnesota (French & Juzwik: U of Minnesota Extension Service)

8. Quiz 4

2. Read articles about Asian Longhorned Beetle
 • Whitespotted sawyer or Asian longhorned beetle? (NR Canada)
 • Asian Longhorned Beetle (USDA APHIS)
 • Asian Longhorned Beetle (USDA FS)
 • Asian Longhorned Beetle Eradication (USDA FS)
 • Asian Long-Horn Beetle (Illinois DA)
 • Asian Longhorned Beetle Information (Ohio DNR)

3. Read articles about Emerald Ash Borer
 • Emerald Ash Borer (USDA FS)
 • Emerald Ash Borer (Michigan DA)
 • Emerald Ash Borer in Maryland (Maryland DA)
 • Emerald Ash Borer (Ohio DNR)
 • Evaluation of Insecticides to Control Emerald Ash Borer Adults and Larvae (Michigan State U)

4. Read articles about Pine Shoot Beetle
 • Pine Shoot Beetle (USDA APHIS)
 • New Introduction - Common Pine Shoot Beetle, Tomicus piniperda (L.) (USDA FS)
 • Status of the Pine Shoot Beetle in Ohio (Ohio DNR)
 • Pine Shoot Beetle Compliance Management Program (Michigan DA)
 • Integrated Pest Management in Christmas Tree Production (McCullough & Koelling: Michigan State U)