David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Erin Eure for correctly identifying the three causes of late season watermelon issues: Insect feeding (most likely cucumber beetle in this case), Phytopthora, and Rain-caused splitting. We received about 5 inches of rain… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Get out your field guides and practice your pest management knowledge by clicking on the GUESS THE PEST logo or following this link: http://www.udel.edu/008255 and submitting your best guess. For the 2021 season, we will… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Last week’s Guess The Pest may have been a bit unfair, as the critter just causes cosmetic injury and is not generally considered a yield threat. The black spots are fecal pellets from garden fleahopper!… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Get out your field guides and practice your pest management knowledge by clicking on the GUESS THE PEST logo or following this link: http://www.udel.edu/008255 and submitting your best guess. For the 2021 season, we will… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Chris Cawley for accurately identifying the nondescript yellow and red and brown spots on the soybean leaf as belonging to Septoria Brown Spot. According to Dr. Alyssa Koehler, “This is… Continue Reading
