Veronica Yurchak, Vegetable Specialist, UMD; vjohnso4@umd.edu Figure 1. Bean leaf beetle adults with characteristic highlighted. Bean leaf beetles (BLB), C. trifucata, are showing up in snap beans in some areas of the Eastern Shore. This sporadic pest has the potential… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean At this point, earworms are largely out of the system. Continue scouting for bean leaf beetle and stink bugs. Large numbers of bean leaf beetle can scar pods, weakening them and potentially allowing disease… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Although worms tend not to like prolonged wet weather, both black cutworm and true armyworm are active in fields. How much they are suppressed is the open ended question that is almost like predicting a… Continue Reading
Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Congratulations to Mona Steele for identifying the insect damage in this past week’s Guess the Pest and for being selected to be entered into the end of season raffle for $100… Continue Reading
Bill Cissel, Extension Agent – Integrated Pest Management; bcissel@udel.edu Alfalfa Continue to sample alfalfa for potato leafhoppers. Sample weekly starting seven days after the first cutting until final harvest. Ten sweep net samples should be taken in 10 random locations… Continue Reading
