Pea leaf weevil (Sitona lineatus) is an insect pest that feeds on the nitrogen fixing nodules of host legumes (larvae) and leaves and growing points of host seedlings (adults). Native to Europe, the ...

If cutworms are the problem, farmers often reach for two types of chemical control, Gavloski said: diamides and pyrethroids.

known as the bean weevil or pea leaf weevil. The larvae of this common pest of plants in the bean family feed on the nodules associated with the leguminous roots, causing significant yield losses in ...

Strip harvesting leaves an unharvested strip of crop in the field ... Alfalfa provides an ideal habitat for a variety of insects, ranging from pests (alfalfa weevil, lygus bugs, pea aphid and alfalfa ...

Christian Krupke, Purdue Field Crops Pest Management Specialist, recently said that pest managers throughout Indiana should be scouting the alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larvae. “Alfalfa ...

Alfalfa weevil adults become active when temperatures hit 45 degrees, so they are out and about, particularly in the southern ...

If plants are too short to sweep, check plants for alfalfa weevil larvae beginning at the terminal leaflets. Learn how to identify and scout alfalfa weevil as well as use economic threshold tables ...

The vine weevil is a small black beetle ... neat notches they chew into the edges of leaves. However, the real threat lies beneath the surface. Their larvae are white, legless grubs with brown ...

The vine weevil is a small black beetle that feeds ... often spotted by the neat notches they chew into the edges of leaves. However, the real threat lies beneath the surface. Their larvae are white, ...