Pest IDMajor Program
Total Hours
Contributed.
Contacts
with Local Stakeholders.
Hours
of Multistate Efforts.
Total Number
of Volunteers Engaged.
Program Indicators
Number of people who applied Extension recommendations to address insects or pests |
2665 |
Number of people who used Extension resources to identify insects and/or pests |
3107 |
Number of people who used Extension diagnostics services to identify insects and/or pests |
2441 |
Stories
Invasion of Imported Fire Ants
Recently the Office of the State Entomologist reached out to the Bell County ANR Agent regarding invasive, Imported Fire Ants being found in the county. Two mounds were identified in Middlesboro and successfully treated. According to the UK Department of Entomology,Imported Fire Ants (IFA) have been spreading into Kentucky since 2000. The Land Between the Lakes area has had isolated incidences of fire ants. In 2022, IFA was found in southern Kentucky, specifically McCreary, Whitley, and Knox cou...
Reports
Stories Behind the Numbers
- Acting Associate Dean & Director — Craig Wood, Ph.D.
- S107 Ag. Science Center North
- Lexington, KY 40546-0091
- +1 (859) 257-4302
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