
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Beneath the Water's Surface: What Lives in Our Streams?
- Correct Identification of Insect Order Important for Pest Control
- Good Bug, Bad Bug
- Insects Have Cool Strategies to Weather Winter Extremes
UW Extension Publications
- (UW CEs Pub B-1035)
Videos
2 part video series about the big picture view of insects and their roles in our landscape (1 hour)
- (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
- (Barnyards & Backyards Wyoming)
Websites
- (This site provides current information on the management of insects, weeds, and plant pathogens affecting plants and livestock in Colorado, Western Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana and Western South Dakota.)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Animal/ Human Pests
- Black Flies Put the 'Pest' in Pestilence
- Black Widow and Brown Recluse Spiders
- What's Eating Your Horse? Understanding the Bot Fly
- Cleanup Precautions Dramatically Lower Flying Insect Pests on Your Property
- Mosquitoes: West Nile Virus
- Ensure You're Not Bitten When Smitten By Backyard Pond
- Two Most Common Yellow Jacket Wasps in Wyoming Differ in Pestiness
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Plant Pests
- Containers Can Provide Gardeners Control Over Invading Insects of Weeds
- Elms Eliminated? Tree Pests
- European Paper Wasp, a World Traveler Finally Arrives in Wyoming
- Garden Pest Control May Not Require Heavy Artillery
- Gardeners Have Used Horticultural Oils For Thousands of Years: What to Know
- Grape Pests Want More Than a Sip of Your Vineyard
- Insect Pest New to Wyoming Infests Soft Fruit Crops: Spotted Wing Drosophila
- High Tunnel Insect and Mite Control
- Meager-Looking Alfalfa Weevil Chews Production and Profits
- Meet Wyoming's Most Prolific Insect Pest of Trees
- Not All Bad: A Case for Selective Treatment of Plant Pests
- Residents Asked to Watch for Japanese Beetles
- Strong Arm These Pests So They Don't Get the Upper Hand
- The Worst Garden Pests You've Never Seen
- What's Eating My Plants?
- Wyoming Raspberries Under Attack! Rose Stem Girdler
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Other
Videos
- (UWyo Extension, 49 short videos on pest/pesticide topics)
- (UWYo Extension)
- (UWyo Extension)
- (Barnyards & Backyards Live!)
- , (UWyo Extension)
UW Extension Publications
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.2)
- (UW CES Pub B-761R)
- (UW CES Pub B-1050.4)
- (UW CES Pub B-1041)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.1)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.8)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.9)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.11)
- (UW CES Pub B-1176)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.3)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.13)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.15)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.18)
- (UW CES Pub B-1161)
- (1991)
- Insect and Mite Control Options for Plants Grown in Wyoming Greenhouses (2013)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.17)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.04)
- (UW CES Pub B-1050)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.19)
- (1996)
- (UW CES Pub B-1050.1)
- (UW CES Pub B-1050.3)
- (UW CES Pub B-1050.2)
- (UW Pub B-1050.5)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.10)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.12)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.14)
Other University Publications
- What's in Your Toolbox? Options for the Management of Pests in Wyoming Gardens and Greenhouses
- (Kansas State University Research and Extension)
- (US Forest Service)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
Other Publications
- (Colorado EAB Response Team)
- (University of Nebraska Extension)
- (Colorado State University Extension)
- (Colorado State University Extension)
- (Wyoming State Forestry Division)
Videos
- (Barnyards and Backyards Live!)
- (CSU Extension)
- (CSU Extension)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: Pheromons for Bark Beetles Control
- Harvesting Bark Beetle Infested Firewood Brings Unwanted Pests to Town
- Little Beetles, Big Problem
- Throw Down the Gauntlet Against Mountain Pine Beetle
- Mountain Pine Beetle Still Active in Wyoming's Forests
Other Publications
- (Colorado State Forest Service, March 2010)
Videos
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
Websites
- (Colorado State Forest Service)
- (Colorado State University Extension)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles
- Ask Sam: How do I reduce grasshopper infestation on my property next summer?
- Grasshopper and RAATs? They're a Great Combination
- Never Too Early to Protect Against Grasshopper
UW Extension Publications
- (UW CES Pub B-1161)
Videos
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
- (Barnyards and Backyards Wyoming, 2011)
Websites
- Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West (University of Wyoming Entomology)
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Pollinators
- Ask Sam: Will pollinator plants attract hordes of wasps and other stinging insects?
- The Backyard Buzz: Wyoming's Native Bees
- Butterflies of Wyoming
- Couple Turns Eastern Wyoming Property Into Pollinator Playground
- Featured Landowner: Diversity, Adaptability, Key to Bee, Beef, Vegetable Operation
- Honey Bees, Hives Need TLC, to Help Them Survive Wyoming Winter, Early Spring
- Featured Landowner: Land Blossoms Under Direction of Northeastern Wyoming Family
- Like Pollinators and Hate Bloat and Weeds? Think Sainfoin- The Honey Crop
- Pollination- It is a Bee-autiful Thing
- Pollinator Partners
- Take Advantage of Unlikely Moisture Source to Help Establish Pollinator Plots
- The Importance of Pollination
- There's a Buzz About Beekeeping in Wyoming
- Wyoming Hosts Many Native Pollinators
Barnyards and Backyards Articles- Other
- Encourage Ladybird Beetles to Stay in Your Garden
- Spider Savvy: Education Helps Identify the Beneficial From the Harmful
UW Extension Publications
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.5)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.6)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.20)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.21)
- (UW CES Pub B-1013.22)
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