Category: Insects
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Posted on September 1, 2021
Pest Insects To Pay Attention to at Harvest
Harvest is now underway in some locations for some cultivars and there are a number of insects that you should think about as they can […]
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Posted on August 31, 2021
Cranberry: EPA Bans the Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On All Food Crops
After years of comments and deliberations, chlorpyrifos will no longer be available for use after 2021. This means that chlorpyrifos will not be allowed on […]
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Posted on August 30, 2021
EPA Bans the Use of Chlorpyrifos (Lorsban) On All Food Crops
After years of comments and deliberations, chlorpyrifos will no longer be available for use after 2021. This means that chlorpyrifos will not be allowed on […]
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Posted on August 18, 2021
UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update August 18, 2021
As is typical for this time of the year, caseload has remained high at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab over the last two weeks. A […]
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Posted on August 5, 2021
UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update August 5, 2021
Overall caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has remained high over the last two weeks. A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to […]
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Posted on August 2, 2021
Scouting Report: Wasps Are Picking Up
As we are begin to see veraison on some grape varieties, social wasps are starting to show up at some vineyards we visited last week. […]
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Posted on July 22, 2021
UW-Madison/Extension Insect Diagnostic Lab Update July 22, 2021
Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab has been high over the last two weeks. A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported to the […]
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Apple Maggot Insecticides
Apple maggots started emerging in Wisconsin orchards and will continue to do so for the next several weeks. Numbers are increasing and growers should consider […]
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Japanese Beetles Increase at West Madison Ag Research Station
Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) continue to be present at the West Madison Ag Research Station (WMARS) vineyards. The numbers have not been really […]
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Posted on July 19, 2021
WiBee Cranberry 2021 Surveys: Preliminary Numbers
Thank you very much to everyone who sent in surveys this year. We had a slow start, and we heard reports that pollinators were also […]