
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Beneath the Water's Surface: What Lives in Our Streams?
- Correct Identification of Insect Order Important for Pest Control
- Good Bug, Bad Bug
- Insects Have Cool Strategies to Weather Winter Extremes
UW Extension Publications
- Landscape Pests: Integrated Pest Management Strategies for Controlling the Dastardly Dozen (UW CEs Pub B-1035)
Videos
2 part video series about the big picture view of insects and their roles in our landscape (1 hour)
- Something Bugging You...in the Garden? Part 1 (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
- Something Bugging You...in the Garden? Part 2 (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
Websites
- High Plains Integrated Pest Management (This site provides current information on the management of insects, weeds, and plant pathogens affecting plants and livestock in Colorado, Western Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and Western South Dakota.)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Animal/ Human Pests
- Black Flies Put the 'Pest' in Pestilence
- Black Widow and Brown Recluse Spiders
- What's Eating Your Horse? Understanding the Bot Fly
- Cleanup Precautions Dramatically Lower Flying Insect Pests on Your Property
- Mosquitoes: West Nile Virus
- Ensure You're Not Bitten When Smitten By Backyard Pond
- Two Most Common Yellow Jacket Wasps in Wyoming Differ in Pestiness
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Plant Pests
- Containers Can Provide Gardeners Control Over Invading Insects of Weeds
- Elms Eliminated? Tree Pests
- European Paper Wasp, a World Traveler Finally Arrives in Wyoming
- Garden Pest Control May Not Require Heavy Artillery
- Gardeners Have Used Horticultural Oils For Thousands of Years: What to Know
- Grape Pests Want More Than a Sip of Your Vineyard
- Insect Pest New to Wyoming Infests Soft Fruit Crops: Spotted Wing Drosophila
- High Tunnel Insect and Mite Control
- Meager-Looking Alfalfa Weevil Chews Production and Profits
- Meet Wyoming's Most Prolific Insect Pest of Trees
- Not All Bad: A Case for Selective Treatment of Plant Pests
- Residents Asked to Watch for Japanese Beetles
- Strong Arm These Pests So They Don't Get the Upper Hand
- The Worst Garden Pests You've Never Seen
- What's Eating My Plants?
- Wyoming Raspberries Under Attack! Rose Stem Girdler
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Other
Videos
- Pest Problems Playlist (UWyo Extension, 49 short videos on pest/pesticide topics)
- Blister Beetle in Alfalfa- Information on The Risk They Pose for Hay Consumers: Video Audio Only (UWYo Extension)
- Grape Phylloxera- A New But "Old" Grape Pest Now in Wyoming- Video,Audio Only(UWyo Extension)
- Insect Management in High Tunnels, Greenhouses, and Other Indoor Spaces (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
- Japanese Beetle- Another New Pest for Wyoming- video, Audio Only (UWyo Extension)
- Tactics for Dealing With Nuisance Wasps, Miller Moths, and Other Bothersome Insects
UW Extension Publications
- Alfalfa Looper: Autographa californica (UW CES Pub B-1013.2)
- Alfalfa Stem Nematode Biology and Management (UW CES Pub B-761R)
- Aphid, Leaf and Stem Feeding (UW CES Pub B-1050.4)
- Aphid, Poplar Vagabond Gall (UW CES Pub B-1041)
- Aphid, Spotted Alfalfa: Therioaphis maculate (UW CES Pub B-1013.1)
- Army Cutworm: Euxoa auxiliaris (UW CES Pub B-1013.8)
- Armyworm, True: Pseudaletia unipuncta (UW CES Pub B-1013.9)
- Banks Grass Mite: Oligonychus pratensis (UW CES Pub B-1013.11)
- Black Vine Weevil and Other Root Weevils in Wyoming Gardens (UW CES Pub B-1176)
- Blister Beetles (UW CES Pub B-1013.3)
- Corn Earworm: Heliothis zea (UW CES Pub B-1013.13)
- Earwigs: Forficula spp. (UW CES Pub B-1013.15)
- Flea Beetles (UW CES Pub B-1013.18)
- Grasshoppers, Common Wyoming Pest (UW CES Pub B-1161)
- Insects and Related Pests of Trees, Shrubs, and Lawns (1991)
- Insect and Mite Control Options for Plants Grown in Wyoming Greenhouses (2013)
- Leafhoppers (UW CES Pub B-1013.17)
- Lygus Bugs (UW CES Pub B-1013.04)
- Management of Hardwood Borers of Trunks and Large Branches (UW CES Pub B-1050)
- Mexican Bean Beetle: Epilachna varivestis (UW CES Pub B-1013.19)
- Pests of the Home Vegetable Garden (1996)
- Scales and Mealybugs (UW CES Pub B-1050.1)
- Slugs, Snails, and Slug Sawflies (UW CES Pub B-1050.3)
- Sowbugs and Pillbugs (UW CES Pub B-1050.2)
- Spiders (UW Pub B-1050.5)
- Two-Spotted Spider Mite: Tetranychus urticae (UW CES Pub B-1013.10)
- Western Corn Rootworm: Diabrotica virgiferis (UW CES Pub B-1013.12)
- Wireworms: Melanotus spp. (UW CES Pub B-1013.14)
Other University Publications
- What's in Your Toolbox? Options for the Management of Pests in Wyoming Gardens and Greenhouses
- Blister Beetles (Kansas State University Research and Extension)
- Insects and Diseases of the Rocky Mountain Region (US Forest Service)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Other Publications
- Diagnosing Emerald Ash Borer and Other Ash Tree Damage (Colorado EAB Response Team)
- Emerald Ash Borer Look-Alikes (University of Nebraska Extension)
- Recognizing Wood Boring Insects of Ash Trees in Colorado (Colorado State University Extension)
- Insecticides Used to Control Emerald Ash Borer on Residential Shade Trees (Colorado State University Extension)
- State of WY EAB Response Plan (Wyoming State Forestry Division)
- Emerald Ash Borer Info Website
Videos
- Emerald Ash Borer (Barnyards and Backyards Live!)
- Emerald Ash Borer Update (CSU Extension)
- Emerald Ash Borer with Amy Lentz and Alison O'Connor (CSU Extension)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: Pheromons for Bark Beetles Control
- Harvesting Bark Beetle Infested Firewood Brings Unwanted Pests to Town
- Little Beetles, Big Problem
- Throw Down the Gauntlet Against Mountain Pine Beetle
- Mountain Pine Beetle Still Active in Wyoming's Forests
Other Publications
- Product Use to Prevent Mountain Pine Beetle (Colorado State Forest Service, March 2010)
Videos
- Wyoming's Mountain Pine Beetle Part 1 (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- Wyoming's Mountain Pine Beetle Part 2 (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- Wyoming's Mountain Pine Beetle Part 3 (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- Options for Handling Trees Infested by Mountain Pine Beetle (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- Protecting Trees from Mountain Pine Beetle (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
Websites
- Mountain Pine Beetle Info (Colorado State Forest Service)
- IPS Beetles- Common Species Affecting Pine and Spruce Trees (Colorado State University Extension)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: How do I reduce grasshopper infestation on my property next summer?
- Grasshopper and RAATs? They're a Great Combination
- Never Too Early to Protect Against Grasshopper
UW Extension Publications
- Common Wyoming Pest: Grasshoppers (UW CES Pub B-1161)
Videos
- Grasshoppers! Part 1 (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- Grasshoppers! Part 2 (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
Websites
- Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West (University of Wyoming Entomology)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Pollinators
- Ask Sam: Will pollinator plants attract hordes of wasps and other stinging insects?
- The Backyard Buzz: Wyoming's Native Bees
- Butterflies of Wyoming
- Couple Turns Eastern Wyoming Property Into Pollinator Playground
- Featured Landowner: Diversity, Adaptability, Key to Bee, Beef, Vegetable Operation
- Honey Bees, Hives Need TLC, to Help Them Survive Wyoming Winter, Early Spring
- Featured Landowner: Land Blossoms Under Direction of Northeastern Wyoming Family
- Like Pollinators and Hate Bloat and Weeds? Think Sainfoin- The Honey Crop
- Pollination- It is a Bee-autiful Thing
- Pollinator Partners
- Take Advantage of Unlikely Moisture Source to Help Establish Pollinator Plots
- The Importance of Pollination
- There's a Buzz About Beekeeping in Wyoming
- Wyoming Hosts Many Native Pollinators
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Other
- Encourage Ladybird Beetles to Stay in Your Garden
- Spider Savvy: Education Helps Identify the Beneficial From the Harmful
UW Extension Publications
- Alfalfa Leafcutting Bee: Megachile rotundata (UW CES Pub B-1013.5)
- Honey Bee: Apis mellifera (UW CES Pub B-1013.6)
- Ladybird Beetles (UW CES Pub B-1013.20)
- Parasitic Wasps (UW CES Pub B-1013.21)
- Syrphid Flies (UW CES Pub B-1013.22)
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