Insect Trapping Updates August 21, 2025 - From Issue: 760 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Corn Earworm https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/veg/cornearworm/ Our dent corn is through with pollination, leaving only our late plantings of sweet corn as a resource for the abundant moths in the landscape. Our thresholds[Read More…] Article Categories: Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Trapping Updates July 25, 2025 - From Issue: 758 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Squash Vine Borer https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/veg/squash-vine-borer/ The number of participants reporting trap catches has declined dramatically. Clinton, Allen, and Henry Counties are consistently reporting 1-4 moths per night. It seems that[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Spotlight: Tomato Pinworm July 25, 2025 - From Issue: 758 By: Sydney Territo and Laura Ingwell Read More If you are a high tunnel tomato grower, you may have encountered small, blotchy leaf mines (Figure 1) or tiny brown mottled moths (Figure 2) on your plants in the[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Spotlight: Japanese Beetles July 11, 2025 - From Issue: 757 By: Robert Grosdidier and Laura Ingwell Read More A familiar and dreaded sight of any home gardener is to find their rose bushes in a state of disrepair. Leaves skeletonized, flowers destroyed, and the remains crawling with iridescent[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Trapping Updates July 11, 2025 - From Issue: 757 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Squash Vine Borer More information available at https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/veg/squash-vine-borer/ For those trappers who are currently reporting, we can see that our first generation of active adult moths is declining. Corn Earworm[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Insect trapping
Insect Spotlight: Meet the Harlequin Bug! June 26, 2025 - From Issue: 756 By: Laura Ingwell Read More If you haven’t had the pleasure, please allow me to introduce you to the Harlequin bug, Murgantia histronica (Figure 1). This true bug (Order Hemiptera) is equipped with piercing-sucking mouthparts[Read More…] Article Categories: Cole Crops Broccoli Cabbage Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Trapping Updates June 26, 2025 - From Issue: 756 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Pheromone trap monitoring of corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea) and squash vine borer (Melittia cucurbitae) is underway throughout the state. Utilizing trap catches in your area can help inform management decisions[Read More…] Article Categories: Pumpkins Squash Sweet Corn Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Spotlight: Cabbage Looper June 13, 2025 - From Issue: 755 By: Milena Agila and Laura Ingwell Read More Trichoplusia ni, commonly known as the cabbage looper, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. Native to North America, it is a polyphagous pest (feeds on lots of different plants)[Read More…] Article Categories: Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage Cauliflower Kale Kohlrabi Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management Spotlight
Insect Spotlight: Seedcorn Maggot May 30, 2025 - From Issue: 754 By: Tucker Cade LaRue and Laura Ingwell Read More Description The seedcorn maggot, or Delia platura, is a frequent pest in the Anthomyiidae family that can affect both specialty and agronomic crops, including corn, melons, onions, pumpkins, and many[Read More…] Article Categories: Root, Tuber, and Bulb Crops Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Introducing the Fourlined plant bug (Poecilocapus lineatus) May 16, 2025 - From Issue: 753 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Last week, I had the wonderful opportunity to visit a local grower who installed an insectary strip adjacent to their high tunnel last year. They will be hosting a field[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
