David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Continue monitoring late soybeans for stink bug. Soybeans at R6.5 have higher thresholds, and fields that are yellowing are greater still. At R6, stink bugs become more of a quality pest than a yield loss.
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybeans Corn earworm should have largely moved out of soybeans by now. You may still see some stragglers, particularly in late beans. Any double crop beans that have not been treated and are particularly late… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Dead spotted lanternfly was found by a vineyard this week as well as in our sweet corn pheromone traps! This is the time of the year they are moving far and wide. They seem to… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Soybean Continue scouting for podworm and stink bug in double crop beans. Stink bug thresholds increase to 7 once we move into R6.5, and up to 10 bugs/15 sweeps past R7. Podworms may still be… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sorghum For the first time in several years, we have significant sorghum aphid populations at the research station. Thresholds in southern states are 30% infested plants with a dime sized or greater colony of aphids… Continue Reading
