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Recently hatched kudzu bug nymphs CAES News
Kudzu genetics
Genetics is the science of genes and heredity. It can link a person to a crime scene, a father to a child and — in the case of the kudzu bug — a pest to its home country.
2012 UGA Team CAES News
Bug brains
An academic team from the University of Georgia has been named national champions in the Entomological Society of America’s annual Linnaean Games.
EDGE Expo logo CAES News
EDGE Expo
The Urban Ag Council of Georgia will host its annual Edge Expo for landscape professionals on Dec. 5-6 at the Gwinnett Civic and Cultural Center in Duluth, Ga.
Female golden garden spider CAES News
Spider time
It seems to me that fall is spider time as I notice spider webs hanging from everything imaginable. I’ve seen dew-covered spider webs strung between power lines, and I’ve encountered a web of two in my face when I walked out my front door.
Stack of seasoned firewood CAES News
Fall firewood
It’s sweater weather again, and that means Georgians are going to be building fires in their fireplaces and at campsites. As you gather up the wood for your fire, remember those perfectly seasoned logs may still be home to all sorts of six and eight legged friends.
Rose leaf-curl mite damage CAES News
Rose leaf-curl mites
Roses are typically viewed as one of the most beautiful flowers, but in rare cases a tiny pest can cause gnarly looking, new growth on rose bushes. Rose leaf-curl mites feed on roses and cause rose rosette virus, also known as RRV.