Explore valuable livestock entomology resources below such as SUNUP segments, fact sheets, Pest E-Alerts, podcasts, articles, and more, to stay informed and enhance your expertise.

SUNUP Segments

Why Are Mosquitoes So Bad This Year? (6/14/25)

• SUNUP TV Segments

  Asian Longhorned Tick Study (3/22/25)

  New Tick Confirmed in Oklahoma (8/17/2024)

  Summer Pests (7/27/2024)

   

• Oklahoma Gardening Segments 

  Ticks (7/28/25)

  Mosquitoes (7/7/25)

   

• Fact Sheets

  Common Ticks of OK and Tick-Borne Diseases

• Pest E-Alerts

  2025

  • Screwworm: Cochliomyia hominivorax

   

  2024

  • Blister Beetle Activity Continues
  • Asian Longhorned Tick in Oklahoma
• Popular Press Articles
  • Crawling threat: Asian Longhorned Tick threatens Oklahoma livestock (OSU Cowboy Journal, 5/21/2025)
  • Considerations for producers when it comes to fly, insect control (High Plains Journal, 5/16/2025)
  • More than annoyance: Flies can impact health and profits (Drovers, 5/6/2025)
  • Controlling Flies (page 54) (Working Ranch Magazine, 4/24/2025)
  • Take a two-pronged approach to fly control (Drovers, 3/4/2025)
  • Ancient pests, modern threats: Protecting horses and livestock from flies (Midwest Messenger, 9/10/2024)
• Podcasts and Interviews

  2025

  • Tack Box Talk - Beating Bugs: The story of using all parts of the pyramid (10/10/2025)
  • Cattle USA Daily - What Every Cattle Producer Needs to Know About the Asian Longhorned Tick Threat (6/11/2025)

   

  2024

  • Extension Experience - The Asian Longhorned Tick - What you need to know (10/23/2024)
  • Extension Experience - It's the season for Flies! (6/5/2024)
  • Extension Experience - What livestock owners need to know about ticks (5/29/2024)
• Articles
  • Hay Feeding and Stable Flies
  • Horn Flies and Insect Growth Regulators
  • Impact of Horn Flies on Cattle During Heat Stress