Resource Database

Resource Number: 36458

Title: Invasive Insects of Concern to Georgia

Publisher: UGA Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources

Description: Field guide to introduced and invasive insects of concern to Georgia. This guide includes 21 insects, one spider, and one tick species that occur in Georgia or are in the USA and would be problematic if/when the species infests Georgia. Each species has a page with descriptions, images, and other important information. The guide also includes a glossary of terms and general morphology diagrams.

Last Updated: February 9, 2024

Contributors:

Domain(s)/Area(S):

• Forestry
  • Forest Insects

Locations:

Subject
spongy moth (formerly gypsy moth)  (Lymantria dispar)
Japanese beetle  (Popillia japonica)
hemlock woolly adelgid  (Adelges tsugae)
common pine shoot beetle, larger pine shoot beetle  (Tomicus piniperda)
Asian longhorned beetle  (Anoplophora glabripennis)
sweetpotato whitefly  (Bemisia tabaci)
Mediterranean pine engraver beetle  (Orthotomicus erosus)
Sirex woodwasp  (Sirex noctilio)
light brown apple moth  (Epiphyas postvittana)
emerald ash borer  (Agrilus planipennis)
pink hibiscus mealybug  (Maconellicoccus hirsutus)
brown marmorated stink bug  (Halyomorpha halys)
redbay ambrosia beetle  (Xyleborus glabratus)
kudzu bug  (Megacopta cribraria)
spotted-wing drosophila  (Drosophila suzukii)
box tree moth  (Cydalima perspectalis)
tawny crazy ant  (Nylanderia fulva)
bermudagrass stem maggot  (Atherigona reversura)
spotted lanternfly  (Lycorma delicatula)
crapemyrtle bark scale  (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae)
northern giant hornet (formerly Asian giant hornet)  (Vespa mandarinia)
Asian longhorned tick  (Haemaphysalis longicornis)
Joro spider  (Trichonephila clavata)