Seasonal Insect Pressure Forecast – Update for Indiana March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Laura Ingwell Read More I have been asked a lot about what the unusually high temperatures we have been experiencing lately will mean for insect pests this season. I don’t have a good answer[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather Insect and Mite Management
Insect Spotlight: Seedcorn Maggot March 14, 2024 - From Issue: 732 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The seedcorn maggot, Delia platura, is one of the first pests that will cause damage to vegetables in the spring in our region. This fly, which resembles a house fly[Read More…] Article Categories: Cantaloupe Cucumbers Melons, Other Watermelon Garlic Onions Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Insect Traps as a Monitoring Tool February 21, 2024 - From Issue: 731 By: Laura Ingwell Read More There are many traps available to help with monitoring insect populations. As you prepare for the 2024 growing season, I wanted to review some of them in case you want[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Mite Insect Survey August 28, 2023 - From Issue: 726 By: Leslie Alejandra Aviles Lopez and Laura Ingwell Read More If you work or have worked with specialty crops, we are reaching out for your help. To develop a scouting protocol for twospotted spider mite management, we are aiming to[Read More…] Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management IPM
Threats to Early Seedlings April 18, 2023 - From Issue: 717 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The warm weather of late did not only pull us out of our winter slumber but definitely awoke some of our overwintering pests as well. Cucumber beetles and seedcorn maggots[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Garlic Onions Article Tags: Cucumber beetle Insect and Mite Management Seedcorn maggot
What Happened to the Winter Squash? September 15, 2022 - From Issue: 712 By: Wenjing Guan Read More For a few years, I participated in the Squash Hunger Trial led by Dr. Annette Wszelaki, where we grew a wide range of winter squashes at multiple states. One year,[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Squash Article Tags: Harvesting and Postharvest Insect and Mite Management
Late Season Pest Management in Pumpkins August 12, 2022 - From Issue: 710 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Squash bugs and cucumber beetles (both spotted and striped) are in full swing this time of year on your cucurbit crops. We no longer have to worry about flowers developing[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Pumpkins Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Mite Management July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709 By: Laura Ingwell Read More Two-spotted spider mites (TSSM) are one of the most common mite pests occurring throughout the world. They are known to feed on over 300 plant species, including tomatoes, cucumbers, melons,[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
Squash Vine Borer (SVB) Trapping Bycatch July 28, 2022 - From Issue: 709 By: Laura Ingwell Read More This is my second year coordinating a bucket trap network to monitor squash vine borers. And, for a second year in a row we are witnessing some interesting organisms in[Read More…] Article Categories: Cucurbits Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
The Hornworms are Here! June 30, 2022 - From Issue: 707 By: Laura Ingwell Read More The tobacco hornworm is one of the most devastating tomato pests in Indiana, if left unchecked. There are several natural enemies that help suppress this pest, such as stilt bugs[Read More…] Article Categories: Solanaceous Crops Tomato Article Tags: Insect and Mite Management
