Insects

What is One goal of IPM?

• Minimize risk of pesticide

• Apply Pesticides

• Maximize Pesticides

• Kill Pests

 a small arthropod animal that has six legs, generally one to two pairs of wings and segmented body of head, thorax and abdomen.

• Bird

• Insect

• Pest

• Mole

Insect will mature from larva to a pupa.  It will then rebuild it’s anatomy as it becomes an adult. Inactive stage.

• Pupa

• Larva

• Egg

• Adult

Feeding system when most of an insects growth occurs.  Will look completely different from the adults, and almost always have chewing mouthparts.  WIll molt its’ exoskeleton in multiple stages

• Pupa

• Larva

• Insect

• Adult

Final Stage of a complete metamorphosis.  Wings will appear for most insects.  Reproduction will also begin as the cycle restarts.

• Pupa

• Larva

• Insect

• Adult

Composed of Four Stages- Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult

• Complete Metamorphosis

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Half Life

• Bug's Life

After hatching from eggs, young insects will look like smaller versions of the adult. 

• Complete Metamorphosis

• Incomplete Metamorphosis

• Half Life

• Bug's Life

Any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest

• Pesticide

• Herbicide

• Fungicide

• Bug Juice

The smallest number of insects or injury that will cause yield losses equal to the insect management costs

• Action Plan

• Economic injury level

• Spray Level

• IPM

The pest population at which management action should be taken to prevent an increasing pest population from reaching the economic injury level

• Action Plan

• Bug Spraying

• Economic threshold

• Spray Time