INFORMATION ABOUT BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF SPECIFIC PESTS:

CARPENTER ANT AND PEST ANT LINKS
CARPENTER BEES
WOOD-DESTROYING BEETLES
STINGING INSECTS (Wasps and Bees)
LYME DISEASE AND THE DEER TICK
CRICKETS
CHIGGERS
HOUSEHOLD SPIDERS

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CARPENTER ANT & PEST ANT LINKS       Lateral view of a carpenter ant      
  Dorsal view of a carpenter ant
 
  • Carpenter Ants by Dr. Nancy L. Breisch & Dr. Barbara L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Service Leaflet 115. (pdf)
    • Dorsal view of carpenter ant (left); lateral view of carpenter ant (top right)
    (Click on thumbnails to view larger images)
    Links to related publications:

  • Carpenter Ants -- Biology and Control (University of California)
    http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/
    PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7416.html

  • Carpenter Ants -- Biology and Control (University of Kentucky)
    http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/
    entfacts/struct/ef603.htm

  • Integrated Pest Management for Carpenter Ants (Cornell University)
    http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publications/antbro.html

  • Control of Ants
    http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_IG080

  • Pest Ants
    http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_IN018

  • Ant Biology and Identification of New England species
    http://www.massinsects.com/

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    CARPENTER BEES
     
      Carpenter bee drawing by Dr. F.E. Wood  
  • Carpenter Bees by C.E. Mall, T.A. Horner, N.L. Breisch, and B.L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Home & Garden Mimeo #HG29. (pdf)
    •   Carpenter Bee
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)
     
    Links to related publications:

  • Carpenter Bees (University of Kentucky)
    http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/
    entfacts/struct/ef611.htm

  • Carpenter Bees (North Carolina State University)
    http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/carp-bee.htm

  • Carpenter Bees (Ohio State University)
    http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2074.htm

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    WOOD DESTROYING BEETLES
     
      Old House Borer Beetle
    Old House Borer Beetle
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)     		 
  • Wood-Boring Beetles: Old House Borer and Powderpost Beetles by Dr. Barbara L. Thorne & Dr. Nancy L. Briesch. Maryland Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet 689.
    http://www.agnr.umd.edu/MCE/
    Publications/Publication.cfm?ID=45
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    Links to related publications:

  • Wood Destroying Beetles (University of Florida)
    http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/
    htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_IN035

  • Old House Borer (Ohio State University)
    http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/
    2000/2126.html

  • Powderpost Beetles (University of Kentucky)
    http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/
    entfacts/struct/ef616.htm

  • Preventing and Controlling Powderpost Beetles (Oregon State University)
    http://www.ent.orst.edu/urban/
    Powderpost%20Beetles.html

  • Powderpost Beetles (Ohio State)
    http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/
    2000/2090.html

  • Powderpost Beetles (University of California, Riverside) http://www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/
    powderpostbeetles.htm

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    STINGING INSECTS (wasps and bees)
     
      Paperwasp
    Paperwasp
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)     		 
  • Common Stinging Insects: Wasps and Bees by Dr. Nancy L. Breisch and Dr. Barbara L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Bulletin 248 (includes paper wasps, yellowjackets, hornets, control of social wasps, cicada killers, mud daubers, honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, wasp and bee stings, first aid, avoiding stings, stinging insect myths). (pdf)
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    Links to related publications:
     
    Yellowjacket
    Yellowjacket
    (Click on the thumbnail to view larger image)
    		 
  • Stinging Insects (effects, allergic reactions, first aid) (University of California, San Diego)
    http://health.ucsd.edu/poison/stinging.asp

  • Stinging Insects (venoms, allergic reactions, what to do, prevention of stings, biology of various stinging insects) (University of Florida)
    http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/scripts/
    htmlgen.exe?DOCUMENT_IG099

  • Stinging Wasps and Bees (University of Nebraska)
    http://www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/
    insects/g1447.htm
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    LYME DISEASE AND THE DEER TICK
     
      deer tick  
  • Lyme Disease and the Deer Tick in Maryland by Nancy L. Breisch and Barbara L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Service Fact Sheet 595. (pdf)
    •   Deer Tick
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)
     
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    CRICKETS
     
      cricket
    Cricket
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)     		 
  • Crickets by Dr. Nancy L. Breisch and Dr. Barbara L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet EL-50. (pdf)
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    CHIGGERS

  • Chiggers by D.L. Finke, A.F. Huberty, N.L. Breisch, and B.L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Home & Garden publication HG79. (pdf)

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    HOUSEHOLD SPIDERS
     
      wolf spider
    Wolf spider
    (Click on thumbnail to view larger image)     		 
  • Controlling Spiders in Maryland by Dr. Nancy L. Breisch and Dr. Barbara L. Thorne. Maryland Cooperative Extension Bulletin 241 (synopsis of biology of common species, with control recommendations presented at the end of the publication). (pdf)
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