Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has increased over the last two weeks and is expected to increase further over the next two […]

Setting up monitoring traps and starting sampling/sweeping protocols for tarnished plant bug (TPB; Fig 1), Eastern flower thrips (ETF; Fig 2) and two-spotted spider mites […]

Grape plume moth may start showing up in vineyards soon, though it is a sporadic insect in vineyards in the Midwest. The characteristic injury is […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has increased slightly over the last two weeks.  Reports to the diagnostic lab are expected to increase […]

Is Spring finally here?! This has been a Wisconsin Spring, rainy, cloudy, cool weather with some (few so far!) days of sunshine and colder than […]

Orthene (acephate) is a broad spectrum-organophosphate insecticide that has been available to the cranberry industry for many years, but usage of the material in Wisconsin […]

Fanfare is a not a new insecticide, having been first registered with EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) in 1985, but it is new to the cranberry […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) remains low but is expected to gradually increase over the next few weeks. The low caseload isn’t […]

You have probably heard of “No Mow May” especially if you are located near Appleton, Wisconsin. No Mow May is an initiative that started in […]

Given the time of the year, caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) is currently low but is expected to increase over the next […]