Transcript ORTHOPTERA

ORTHOPTERA
Grasshoppers, crickets, mantids…
ORTHOPTERA
Orthos: straight
Ptera: wings
Incomplete
Chewing mouthparts
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Southern: carnivore (4 dots)
Tawny: herbivore (plant pest)
Introduced species are problem
Native species not so much
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• HOSTS: Turfgrass
– Bermudagrass
– Centipdedgrass
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DAMAGE
• Eat roots and shoots at night
• Disruptive tunnels
• Predatory damage
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SAMPLING
• Disclosing solution
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CONTROL
• Insecticide, July to mid-September
– Nymphs actively feeding
• Biocontrol
– Nematodes
– Parasitic wasp