Category Archives: News
Welcome to the new Insects in the City
Welcome to the newly updated Insects in the City website. The new site is part of Agrilife Blogs, a new WordPress-based web authoring system for AgriLife Extension. We hope you’ll like it. Among other things, links have been updated, new images and resources posted, and the Insect Update feature reinvigorated. In addition, entomologists Kim Schofield, Wizzie Brown, Molly Keck and Paul Nester are contributing to the content on the site. Our FactSheet coverage is expanded, and if AgriLife Extension doesn’t have information you need, we’ll try to direct… Read More →
Pink hibiscus mealybug found in Texas
PORT ARANSAS – The pink hibiscus mealybug – which may be of concern to Texas citrus and ornamental industries – has been found near Port Aransas, Texas. “This mealybug is a potentially serious pest of many ornamental and agricultural crops,” said Dr. Carlos Bogran of College Station, Texas Cooperative Extension entomologist. First discovered in the U.S. in Florida in 2002, the pink hibiscus mealybug has also been found in California and Louisiana. It feeds by sucking plant sap from more than 300 species in 74 plant families, Bogran… Read More →
