David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu According to my random number generator, a hearty congratulations goes to Keith McGowan and everyone who entered Western Bean Cutworm for last week’s GTP. WBC began expanding its range eastward about 20 years ago and… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu I’ve noticed stores already have Halloween junk for sale- spooky! So, in the spirit of spookiness, we have several photos of soybeans with various ailments. What do these remind you of? (Each photo is a… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu What is going wrong in this picture? This afflicted my cantaloupes this year, and it looks like Lyndsie Mikkelsen is taking steps to tackling this ‘pest’. Enter your guess here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oz5-yCm8xifZtDlvZ-vPbd8a0GR-V6H9ddb9fhAyzzY/edit.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Roger Schmick Rankin among others for correctly identifying Corn smut in the tassel! While we often see common smut of corn within ears, the galls can develop on ears, leaves, stalks or even… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu This year, we will be running ‘Guess The Pest’ with regularity, but we will break things up a bit with puzzles to solve. If you want to enter your solutions for an end of season… Continue Reading
