Overwintered alfalfa weevil adults are active, and the 10-day forecast calls for the start of spring egg laying in southern ...

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

Tooker has already heard a few reports of larvae feeding. Young alfalfa weevil larvae cause pinhole-sized damage to leaves near the tips of plants, often on unfolded leaves. Older larvae consume ...

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 ...

More than 75% of fecal samples contained the most common insect in the area, a snipefly, and more than half of the samples contained a common, invasive leaf weevil. “Because of the notable differences ...

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 ...

More than 75% of fecal samples contained the most common insect in the area, a snipefly, and more than half of the samples contained a common, invasive leaf weevil. "Because of the notable ...

The final point is about timing to avoid disrupting butterfly larvae within the leaves. Lawn and garden care has a surprisingly large carbon footprint. Because gas-powered gardening tools often use an ...