Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been very high over the last two weeks.  A summary of recent fruit crop insects reported […]

The Japanese beetle (JB; Figure 1), an invasive insect pest that can cause economic damage to several fruit crops, started showing up in large numbers […]

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

The first spotted-wing drosophila (SWD; Fig 1) was collected June 17th in one of our monitoring trap serviced by Hanna McIntosh for our raspberry mulch […]

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

The first Japanese beetle adults (Figure 1; JB) were found as part of our research at a vineyard near Dane county. Emergence has just begun […]

Cranberry growers are always interested in diversifying their pest management strategies to reduce inputs, increase sustainability, and improve environmental stewardship of the land. One Integrated […]

Mating disruption (MD): pheromone-based tool where dispensers of artificial sex pheromones from (usually) females are placed in orchard and reduces the probability of males finding […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been very high with over 200 diagnostic requests at the lab over the last two weeks.  […]

Potato leafhopper (PLH; Empoasca fabae) is a small insect that is easily overlooked until the damage called “hopperburn” starts showing up on plant leaves. Potato […]