Snakes: Information for Missouri Homeowners, Page 4
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The timber rattlesnake is the largest venomous snake in Missouri and is found throughout the state. The bite of the timber rattlesnake is dangerous and can be fatal to humans.
Snakes: Information for Missouri Homeowners
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Few animals are more disliked or misunderstood than snakes. Visit our site for our Snakes: Information for Missouri Homeowners resource.
Snakes: Information for Missouri Homeowners, Page 2
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Copperheads are the most abundant venomous snake found in Missouri. The two subspecies are found in Missouri are the Osage copperhead, found in the northern two-thirds of the state, and the southern copperhead, found in the southern third of the state.
Snakes: Information for Missouri Homeowners, Page 5
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The western cottonmouth is confined to swamps and wetlands in the southeastern part of the state and to the rocky streams and river sloughs in the southern Ozarks. This heavy-bodied snake is dangerously venomous and, contrary to popular belief, can bite underwater.
Home Fruit Production: Strawberry Cultivars and Their Culture
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Which strawberry cultivar should you plant? Learn the qualities of popular varieties; how to select, plant and care for them; and what pests and diseases to look out for in this University of Missouri Extension guide.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 2
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Annual white grub species that can cause turfgrass damage: May/June beetles, masked chafers, black turfgrass ataenius, green June beetles, and Japanese beetles.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 5
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Insects that can be nuisance pests in turfgrass: ants, centipedes, millipedes, chiggers, cicadas (periodical), cicada killers (digger wasps), crickets, earwigs, fleas, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, pillbugs and sowbugs, spiders (grass), spittlebugs, ticks and yellowjackets.
Home Fruit Production: Grape Training Systems
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Pruning is one of the most neglected practices in home plantings of grapes. Visit our site for our Home Fruit Production: Grape Training Systems guide.
Turfgrass Insects
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Only a small number of insects may, at some time, become a potential problem in turfgrass. Turfgrass insects can be somewhat cyclical and very dependent on a number of factors. Weather, suitable food sources, desirable habitat and predators all play a part in the population size of particular insect species.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 3
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Billbugs, crane flies and mole crickets are subsurface-feeding insects that can cause turfgrass damage.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 6
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Insecticide use should be the last resort in managing insect pests, but may be necessary even with a careful integrated pest management plan in place.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 4
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These surface-feeding insects can cause turfgrass damage: fall armyworms, bermudagrass mites, chinch bugs, cutworms, greenbug aphids, mealybugs and sod webworms.
Turfgrass Insects, Page 7
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These tables contain information describing active ingredients, products and target insects of insecticides currently labeled for turfgrass insect control. Insecticide labels are subject to change.
Care of Flowering Potted Plants
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Weed and Brush Control for Forages, Pastures and Noncropland
New $31.00
Annual broadleaf and grass weeds can become a serious problem in pastures and forages. Learn about forage crop, soil and weed problems in Missouri. See color photos of weeds at different stages and select herbicides with the help of tables in this manual.
National Pesticide Applicator Certification Core Manual
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Garden 'n Grow: Leader Handbook
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Can-Do Recipes: Beans
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Can-Do Recipes: Pork
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Roses: Care After Planting
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Planting roses? Learn how to mulch, water, prune, and care for your roses. Includes a pest guide.
Johnsongrass Management in Soybeans
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