Prairie Pest Monitoring Network
Aug. 15, 2017
Cutworm Pests of Crops on the Canadian Prairies - Identification and Management Field Guideby Dr. Kevin Floateis another new publication from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2017). SeeCutworm Cornerfor download details. The new field guide contains general information about cutworms in addition to species-specific information on 24 cutworm species of economic importance: Identification, Distribution, Lifecycle, Hosts, Feeding Damage,Monitoring/Control, Economic Threshold and additional notes.
[caption id="attachment_10137" align="alignleft" width="320"] Bronzed blossom pollen beetle - adults (C. Noronha, AAFC)[/caption]
In the coming weeks, wewill be posting an "Insect of the Week" in the form of short excerpts from the new cutworm field guide or our previous Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification Field Guide (see below). The highlighted insect(s) is one that may be found in fields in the Prairie Region at the time of posting.
You can view the excerpt onscreen in the box below. The excerpt may a few pages long and can be viewed by scrolling within the box. The file can also be expanded to full screen by selecting the Pop-out icon (mouse-over image to reveal icon in top right corner). This second option will also allow you to download the pdf to your computer.
Download links forField Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Field Guide(2015)by Hugh Philip from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (~8 MB):
- 'Regular', best for printing:English,French
- 'Enhanced', best for viewing electronically with active internal and external hyperlinks:English-enhanced,French-enhanced
Prairie Pest Monitoring Network
Aug. 15, 2017
Cutworm Pests of Crops on the Canadian Prairies - Identification and Management Field Guideby Dr. Kevin Floateis another new publication from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (2017). SeeCutworm Cornerfor download details. The new field guide contains general information about cutworms in addition to species-specific information on 24 cutworm species of economic importance: Identification, Distribution, Lifecycle, Hosts, Feeding Damage,Monitoring/Control, Economic Threshold and additional notes.
[caption id="attachment_10137" align="alignleft" width="320"]
Bronzed blossom pollen beetle - adults (C. Noronha, AAFC)[/caption]
In the coming weeks, wewill be posting an "Insect of the Week" in the form of short excerpts from the new cutworm field guide or our previous Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification Field Guide (see below). The highlighted insect(s) is one that may be found in fields in the Prairie Region at the time of posting.
Bronzed blossom pollen beetle - adults (C. Noronha, AAFC)[/caption]
In the coming weeks, wewill be posting an "Insect of the Week" in the form of short excerpts from the new cutworm field guide or our previous Field Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification Field Guide (see below). The highlighted insect(s) is one that may be found in fields in the Prairie Region at the time of posting.You can view the excerpt onscreen in the box below. The excerpt may a few pages long and can be viewed by scrolling within the box. The file can also be expanded to full screen by selecting the Pop-out icon (mouse-over image to reveal icon in top right corner). This second option will also allow you to download the pdf to your computer.
Download links forField Crop and Forage Pests and their Natural Enemies in Western Canada: Identification and Field Guide(2015)by Hugh Philip from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (~8 MB):
- 'Enhanced', best for viewing electronically with active internal and external hyperlinks:English-enhanced,French-enhanced