Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has remained high over the last two weeks.  A summary of fruit crop pests recently submitted to the […]

Picnic beetles, also called sap beetles, are a complex of over 160 species of beetles that feed on damaged, overripe, or decomposing fruits and vegetables. […]

A recent study conducted by J. Carroll, C. Weber, and G. Loeb at Cornell University assessed the impact of hummingbirds on managing spotted-wing drosophila (SWD, […]

As you may expect, Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) continue to be present at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS) vineyards. So far […]

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys; Fig 1) is well established in WI. It has now been confirmed in 32 (orange) and suspected in […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been very high over the last two weeks.  A summary of fruit crop pests recently submitted to […]

Planting a pollinator garden is a great way to support some of the over 400 species of bees we have here in Wisconsin, especially if […]

 We saw our first Cranberry Flea Beetles the week of July 6 it wasn’t until July 16 that we reached economic thresholds (ET).  We determine ET based […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been extremely high over the last two weeks.  A summary of fruit crop pests submitted to the […]

Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) are increasing at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS) vineyards while decreasing slightly at my house. I visited […]