Japanese beetles (Popillia japonica) have become a growing concern for apple growers in recent years. These voracious feeders primarily skeletonize leaves by feeding between the […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) is currently very high. A summary of fruit crop insects reported to the lab in June as […]

I saw my first Japanese beetle adult (Figure 1; JB) today at a collaborating vineyard where we are looking at the interaction of social wasps […]

Caseload at the UW Insect Diagnostic Lab (IDL) has been high, but decreased slightly over the last two weeks.  A summary of recent fruit crop […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]