2008 Insect Trap Count Graphs
| Black cutworm | Armyworm |
| European corn borer | Southwestern corn borer |
| Corn earworm | Fall armyworm |
Keeping your grass mowed can help control tick population.
Maintaining a groomed landscape is one means of controlling the tick population. Dr. Lee Townsend, UK Extension Entomologist, said ticks like humid, shady, overgrown areas. Keeping grass mowed and patches of weeds trimmed back to allow sunlight into an area will dissuade ticks from populating. To read the complete news article by UK Agriculture Communications CLICK HERE. For more information on ticks, view UK Department of Entomology EntFact-618, Ticks and Disease: Answers to Often Asked Questions.
Pictured above on the left is the American dog tick and on the right the Lone star tick.
