Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Beetle pressure has been high across much of the southern half of Wisconsin Wisconsin DATCP’s annual corn rootworm beetle survey was finalized. The survey …
Insects & Mites
Wisconsin DATCP Field Notes newsletter, Aug 25
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Seasonable weather with intermittent showers throughout the week maintained favorable yield prospects for summer crops in Wisconsin. Temperatures were near normal for late August …
Wisconsin DATCP Field Notes newsletter, Aug 4
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Western Bean CutwormMoth Flight Declining Western bean cutworm moth counts peaked last week across southern Wisconsin and are now decreasing. The annual flight should …
Wisconsin DATCP Field Notes newsletter, July 21
Krista Hamilton, Entomologist, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection Sweltering weather prevailed across Wisconsin and much of the US this week, as a summer heat wave left over 100 million people in more …
Alfalfa Weevil
Field Notes, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 06/9/2022 Unsettled weather with periods of rain prevailed this week, disrupting fieldwork but increasing soil moisture supplies for emerging crops. A complex of early-week storms …
Black Cutworm Damage Window Now Opening
Field Notes, from Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, 05/26/2022 Cool, cloudy weather settled over Wisconsin this week, bringing frost advisories for the central and northern counties. Below-normal temperatures slowed plant and insect …
Fall Armyworm: Keep looking
Bryan Jensen, UW-Madison Dept of Entomology and Division of Extension What a ride! This fall armyworm infestation has been unprecedented and likely (for me), a once in a career experience. Not to say this infestation …
Fall Armyworm
Bryan Jensen, Dept. of Entomology, UW Madison Read the title closely! This article is about fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, not true armyworm Pseudaletia unipuncta which we normally think about during our summer growing season. Fall armyworm …
Corn Rootworm Beetle Scouting
Bryan Jensen, Dept of Entomology and Division of Extension, University of Wisconsin-Madison We are rapidly coming to that time (early – mid August) when adult corn rootworms will start laying eggs in corn fields and …
Time to get the spade out! Corn rootworm
Bryan Jensen, Department of Entomology and Division of Extension, UW-Madison Grab the shovel and start the power washer. Now is the perfect time to learn how well your corn rootworm management practice worked. Most of the …