Prairie Pest Monitoring Network July 13, 2017 Greetings! Otani, Giffen, Svendsen, Olfert Weekly Update (Jul 13, 2017; Wk 11) - Weather Synopsis Predicted Bertha Armyworm Development [caption id="attachment_9765" align="alignright" width="300"] REMEMBER that in-field counts of wheat midge per head remain the basis of economic threshold decision. Also remember that the parasitoid, Macroglenes penetrans (photographed by AAFC-Beav-S. Dufton below), is actively searching for wheat midge at the same time. Preserve this parasitoid whenever possible and remember your insecticide control options for wheat midge also kill these beneficial insects that help reduce midge populations. Photo: _Dufton Jorgensen_AAFC[/caption] Wheat midge Cabbage seedpod weevil Predicted Grasshopper Development Alfalfa weevil Provincial Insect Pest Reports Crop reports West Nile Virus and Culex tarsalis Previous Posts  

Prairie Pest Monitoring Network July 13, 2017

Greetings! Otani, Giffen, Svendsen, Olfert

Weekly Update (Jul 13, 2017; Wk 11) - Weather Synopsis

Predicted Bertha Armyworm Development

[caption id="attachment_9765" align="alignright" width="300"] REMEMBER that in-field counts of wheat midge per head remain the basis of economic threshold decision. Also remember that the parasitoid, Macroglenes penetrans (photographed by AAFC-Beav-S. Dufton below), is actively searching for wheat midge at the same time. Preserve this parasitoid whenever possible and remember your insecticide control options for wheat midge also kill these beneficial insects that help reduce midge populations. Photo: _Dufton Jorgensen_AAFC[/caption]

Wheat midge

Cabbage seedpod weevil

Predicted Grasshopper Development

Alfalfa weevil

Provincial Insect Pest Reports

Crop reports

West Nile Virus and Culex tarsalis

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