Insects (Pests and Pollinators)
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- Insect Fact Sheets
- Additional Insect Fact Sheets and Tools
- Bee Fact Sheets
- Additional Bee Fact Sheets and Tools
Insect Fact Sheets
- 194-Beneficial Insect Series 3: Dung Beetles
- 195-Beneficial Insect Series 1: Allegheny Mound Ant
- 196-Beneficial Insect Series 2: Carabidae (Ground Beetles) on Maine Farms
- 197-Blueberry Spanworm (Itame argillacearia (Packard))
- 198-Grasshopper (Melanoplus spp. & Camnula sp.)
- 199-Strawberry Rootworm (Paria fragariae Wilcox)
- 200-Blueberry Flea Beetle (Altica sylvia Malloch)
- 201-Monitoring for the Blueberry Maggot (Rhagoletis mendax Curran)
- Blueberry Maggot Insecticide Ratings Based Upon Maine Field Trials
- 202-Blueberry Thrips
- 203-Blueberry Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta vaccinii (Fall))
- 205-Red-Striped Fireworm (Aroga trialbamaculella Cham.)
- 206-Blueberry Sawfly (Neopareophora litura (Klug)
- 207-Winter Moth a New Spring Insect Defoliator of Wild Blueberry (Operophtera brumata (Linneaus)
- 208-Blueberry Tip Midge
- 210-Spotted Wing Drosophila: Pest Biology and IPM Recommendations for Wild Blueberries
- Spotted Wing Drosophila Identification Guide
- Spotted Wing Drosophila Traps
- Spotted Wing Drosophila Update
- Solo Cup and Lid Sources
- Source for Pherocon AM Baited Trap
- 193-Targeting the Prune Year Field for Blueberry Maggot Management
Additional Insect Fact Sheets and Tools
- 209-Insect Control Guide for Wild Blueberries
- 2019 Maine Wild Blueberry Pesticide Chart, Insecticides (PDF)
- Monitoring for Spotted Wing Drosophilia (YouTube)
This video demonstrates how to use red cup traps in fields for the monitor of the spotted winged drosophila, how to identify males and females, and how to monitor berries for larvae using the “salt extraction method.” - SWD Management Recommendations for Michigan Blueberry, Updated June 2014 (PDF)
- Solo Cup and Lid Sources (PDF)
Bee Fact Sheets
- Bulletin #2009, IPM Tactics to Reduce Pesticide Exposure to Honey and Native Bees
- 224-Commercial Pollinators
- 301-Field Conservation Management of Native Leafcutting and Mason Osmia Bees
- 300-How to Manage Alfalfa Leafcutting Bees for Wild Blueberry Production
- 302-Commercial Bumble Bee (Bombus impatiens) Management for Wild Blueberry Pollination
- 629-Honey Bees and Blueberry Pollination
- 630-Wild Bee Conservation for Wild Blueberry Fields
- Farming for Bees: Guidelines for Providing Native Bee Habitat on Farms
Additional Bee Fact Sheets and Tools
- Bees and Their Habitats in Four New England States (PDF)
- NEW! BeeMapper Tool
- NEW! BeeMapper Tool Quick Reference Guide (PDF)
- Why Does Bee Health Matter? The Science Surrounding Honey Bee Health Concerns and What We Can Do About It (PDF) (CAST Science website)
- Pollination reservoirs for wild bee habitat enhancement in cropping systems: a review (Taylor & Francis Online website)
- Pollination Reservoirs in Lowbush Blueberry (Ericales: Ericaceae) (Oxford Academic, Journal of Economic Entomology website)
- Are They Weeds or a Life Force? Or Sustainability on the Edge
- The Status of the Bees (PowerPoint)
- The Status of the Bees (PDF)
- The Status of Bees Notes (PDF) (PDF)
- Enhancing Wild Bees for Crop Pollination: Sowing Bee Pasture for New England’s Wild Lowbush Blueberry (PDF)
- Pollination in Lowbush Blueberry: A Summary of Research Findings from the Canadian Pollination Initiative (PDF)
