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  1. On Our Watchlist: Seedcorn Maggot and Alfalfa Weevil

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-12/our-watchlist-seedcorn-maggot-and-alfalfa-weevil

    There are two insect pests in particular that we’re wary of at the moment:  Seedcorn maggot (in ... corn and soybean) and alfalfa weevil.  Seedcorn maggot is most likely to be a problem in fields where ... cover crops or other green vegetation has been disked in, or manure applied, a handful of days previous ...

  2. July 27 Field Day to Feature Field Crops

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/july-27-field-day-feature-field-crops

    CUSTAR, Ohio – Due to indecisive weather, it’s been an interesting year for field crops so far, ... Research and Development Center (OARDC) and Ohio State University Extension are hosting a field day for ... State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. The field day will take place from 9 to ...

  3. Download your Insect Pest Management Guide Today

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-26/download-your-insect-pest-management-guide-today

    / Ohio State University Field Crops Insect Pest Management Guide written by Drs. Chris DiFonzo and Kelley ... https://aginsects.osu.edu/sites/aginsects/files/imce/2021%20IPM%20Guide%20Online%20Version.pdf This guide contains information on the biology and management of field crop insect pests in ... Are you wondering what thresholds to use for a given insect pest, what products are labeled for ...

  4. Watch for Spider Mites in Dry Areas

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2020-22/watch-spider-mites-dry-areas

    Hot, dry weather encourages certain pests in field crops, in particular spider mites in soybean ... experiencing.  Crop scouts in areas that have not received rain recently should be on the lookout for this ... recommended.  We do not recommend edge treatments for this particular pest.  Make the decision for the whole ...

  5. Pollinator Quick Guide: What You Can Do to Help Honey Bees

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-79

    otherwise noted, photos are provided by Denise Ellsworth. Insects and Pests pollinators honey bees native ... pollinators of many valuable Ohio crops, such as pumpkins, cucumbers, apples, raspberries and blueberries. ... Because they live together in hives, honey bees can be loaded onto trucks and transported from farm field ...

  6. Twospotted Spider Mite on Soybean

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-24

    Pests of Field Crops, for those miticides labeled for twospotted spider mites, or for all materials ... University Entomology Agronomic Crops Insects web site (entomology.osu.edu/ag/). Ag Crops and Livestock ... spider mite is widely distributed and a common pest of orchards and nursery plants. When environmental ...

  7. Black Cutworm in Turfgrass

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0104

    Meanwhile, they are significant pests of some field crops including corn, where larvae cause significant ... black cutworm [(BCW) Agrotis ipsilon, family Noctuidae] is a caterpillar pest of many crops, including ... pests, capable of infesting a variety of turf and crop grasses. Pupae and adults overwinter in warmer ...

  8. LEP Monitoring Network Update #5 – Trap Counts for BCW, AMW, and ECB (IA & NY)

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2023-17/lep-monitoring-network-update-5-%E2%80%93-trap-counts-bcw-amw-and-ecb-ia

    so be sure to be scouting your fields as necessary. These insects’ larval stages are common pests in ... Introduction The Ohio LEP Network is continuing to monitor moth pests across Ohio counties. For ... early-season pests, so our moth numbers for these pests are decreasing, as expected. This will be our last week ...

  9. Monitoring Western Corn Rootworm Activity in Soybeans to Predict Rootworm Injury in First-Year Corn

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ENT-17

    Control of Insect Pests of Field Crops, for those insecticides labeled for corn rootworms, or for all ... Crops Insects web site (oardc.ohio-state.edu/ag/). Ag Crops and Livestock agronomic crops Entomology ... spread across Ohio during the 1970s from its western origin, has been a problem on field corn in much of ...

  10. Lep Monitoring Network – Black Cutworm and True Armyworm Update # 6

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2024-16/lep-monitoring-network-%E2%80%93-black-cutworm-and-true-armyworm-update-6

    decline that was seen over the past two weeks in the statewide average for both pests has continued to ... drop. Hardin county recorded the highest average of BCW pests last week, while Van Wert has continued to ... see the highest average of AMW pests this past week. These low averages indicate that we are nearing ...

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