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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 15
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Elm sawfly caterpillars (Cimbex americana) are present from summer to fall. They produce one generation per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 47
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Unicorn caterpillars (Schizura unicornis) are present from summer to fall. They produce one generation per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 18
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Garden webworm caterpillars (Achyra rantalis) are present from late spring to fall. They produce two to three generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 50
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Viceroy caterpillars (Limenitis archippus) are present from early summer to fall. They produce two generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 21
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Greenstriped mapleworm caterpillars (Dryocampa rubicunda) are present from late spring to late fall. They produce one to two generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 53
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Whitemarked tussock moth caterpillars (Orgyia leucostigma) are present from May to October. They produce two generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 24
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Hickory horned devil caterpillars (Citheronia regalis) are present from July to October. They produce two generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 56
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Zebra swallowtail caterpillars (Graphium marcellus) are present from May to November. They produce two to three generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 27
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Io moth caterpillars (Automeris io) are present from July to October. They produce two generations per year.
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Caterpillars in Your Yard and Garden, Page 30
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Orangedog caterpillars (Papilio cresphontes) are present from July to October. They produce two generations per year. They are considered a pest to citrus trees.
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Reducing Losses When Feeding Hay to Beef Cattle
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Feeding hay to cattle is expensive, mostly due to waste. Learn good management practices to minimize the losses that occur due to poor storage methods, improper feeding methods, or both.
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Pelvic Measurements and Calving Difficulty
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Learn how pelvic measurements can help estimate calf birth weight and reduce calving difficulty in beef cattle.
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Liver Flukes in Missouri: Distribution, Impact on Cattle, Control and Treatment
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Cattle operations should evaluate their risk for is Fascioloides magna, also known as the deer fluke or the giant liver fluke. Learn about its distribution in Missouri, its life cycle, treatment and more in this guide.
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Enlist Label Compliance: How to Determine Hydrologic Soil Groups
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Learn how to use the USDA Web Soil Survey interactive map to determine your field's hydrologic soil group for the soil series on which you plan to apply an Enlist herbicide.
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Decision-Making Techniques for Community Groups
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Explore four decision-making techniques to help community groups identify and prioritize projects effectively.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 54
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Timothy is a cool-season bunch grass. By late spring it can be readily identified by the blue-green, cylindrical seed head resembling a small cattail. It has an elongated ligule at the base of the leaf, with a notch on each side.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 22
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Greenbriers grow as stout vines, climbing with the aid of tendrils that arise in pairs at the base of leaf stalks. The flowers are small and green and grow in clusters of 5 to 26 flowers on long stalks.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 57
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Three species of wild bean occur in the Midwest. Each is a somewhat small plant with twining vines and relatively small leaves composed of three leaflets. Seeds are present in hairy pods.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 25
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Huckleberries are stiffly branched leafy shrubs or small trees, often found in extensive colonies, from 6 inches to 10 feet tall. The alternate, simple leaves are 3/4 to 3 inches long and 1/2 to 1 inch wide. The fruits are blue to black berries with a faint whitish coating.
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Controlling Voles in Horticulture Plantings and Orchards in Missouri
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Learn to manage vole damage in Missouri's horticultural plantings and orchards with effective control strategies for these small mammals.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 28
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Jewelweed commonly reaches 18-24 inches. Leaves have scalloped edges and fleshy stems that exude a clear, watery gel-like liquid when crushed. Flowers are orange (I. capensis) or pale yellow (I. pallida).
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 31
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Little bluestem is a native grass that occurs in clumps with fine leaves less than 1/4 inch wide. Seed stalks are commonly 2 to 3 feet tall. Stems are hairy and flattened near the base. Seeds are light and fluffy.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 02
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Refer to this glossary for definitions of words and phrases related to plants.
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Quail-Friendly Plants of the Midwest, Page 34
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Orchard grass is a cool-season bunch grass. Its leaves have a bluish cast. Close inspection of the leaf collar reveals a flattened shape and membranous ligule. Its rather distinctive seed heads form by late May. Height at maturity averages 3 feet.