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  • Non-native yellow-legged hornet confirmed in Georgia, U.S. for the first time

    An extreme close up of the non-native yellow-legged hornet

    The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) have confirmed the discovery of a yellow-legged hornet in Georgia for the first time. This is the first detection of live yellow-legged hornets in the open United States. GDA, USDA and…

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  • Take part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census

    A large yellow butterfly promoting GSePC.org

    Heather N. Kolich, ANR Agent, UGA Extension Forsyth County On August 18th and 19th, community members across Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina will count pollinators as part of the fifth annual Great Southeast Pollinator Census (https://GSePC.org). In the past three years, over 23,000 census counts were submitted and over 333,000 insects were counted. Since…

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  • Pollinator protection: More than monarchs and milkweed

    a close up image of a tiger swallowtail butterfly

    By now, most of us have heard about pollinator decline and may even be participating in conservation efforts. Monarch butterfly conservation is a hot topic, and I’ve given several programs in schools and communities about pollinator protection. Concern for monarch butterflies arose in the 1990s when observers reported dramatic reductions in monarch populations overwintering in…

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