I received last week some pictures of these very interesting larvae within their casing made of grass blades and twigs (Figs. 1 and 2). The […]

The first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 9th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our mulch study.  […]

Black stem borer (BSB), Xylosandrus germanus, also known as the alnus ambrosia beetle, is an invasive beetle from Asia (primarily Japan, Korea, Vietnam, China, and […]

Overall caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been high over the last two weeks.  A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to […]

On any warm, sunny day during the growing season, you may see many different species of bees visiting fruit and vegetable blooms: bumble bees, honey […]

Cranberries are highly reliant on insect pollination to achieve optimal yield. Most growers ensure the delivery of pollination services through rented honey bee colonies, though […]

Overall caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has increased dramatically over the last two weeks and has nearly reached full “summer” levels.  A summary […]

The scouting this week at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station did not result in any insect activity to report. Only one grape phylloxera gall […]

Several marshes scouted Tuesday May 18, 2021 revealed the presence of small leafhopper nymphs that are strongly suspected to be blunt nosed leafhoppers (BNLH). As […]

Danitol is a not a new insecticide but it is new to the cranberry industry. It was registered in 2020 on cranberry and is the […]