To all our valued Citizen Scientists, The current situation with the COVID-19 virus has affected all of us in one way or another. We wanted to let you know that we are still here to answer your questions about air potato and how to control it. We have had to...
Greetings Air Potato Patrol! We wanted to update you on what we have planned for this coming spring and summer and share some information you will hopefully find useful. First: If you have any questions or want to contact us, the best way to do so is through our email...
The following is an update for this coming year’s air potato beetle release program. The beetles will be available to Florida and other Gulf Coast State residents during spring and summer 2020, but there have been some changes to how they will be distributed. The air...
Working at the Air Potato Biological Control Program in Gainesville is a lot of fun! Many of you know what the beetles look like, and maybe you ordered and released them in the past, but do you know who actually gets to raise them for you?? Today they had a contest to...
We still get questions and read comments on Facebook from people who are concerned that the air potato beetles they release in their yard are going to eat their lawn or landscape plants. They worry that if the beetles run out of air potato vines they will begin to...
The Florida Department of Agriculture’s DPI lab in Gainesville is once again raising air potato beetles that residents can order free of charge. To help minimize overhead and shipping, they prefer to ship your beetles to your local UF/IFAS Extension office, and have...
Funding for FDACS-DPI mass rearing and release of Lilioceris cheni funded, in part, by a Cooperative Agreement from United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA-APHIS).
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