If you are involved with alfalfa production, you may recall some spring-time discussions and newsletter articles earlier this year about alfalfa weevil and the potential issue of resistance.
If you are involved with alfalfa production, you may recall some spring-time discussions and newsletter articles earlier this year about alfalfa weevil and the potential issue of resistance.
Pest managers throughout Indiana should be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Pest managers throughout Indiana should be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Pest managers in southern Indiana should begin scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Pest managers in southern Indiana should now be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Pest managers, in southern Indiana, should now be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Recent reports from pest managers in northern counties have indicated that weevil damage and larval numbers are very high, well in advanced for this date, see accompanying map below.
Sampling an alfalfa field to determine the extent of alfalfa weevil damage and average stage of weevil development is best accomplished by walking through the field in an “M-shaped pattern.”
Pest managers, in southern Indiana, should now be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larva.
Pest managers should now be scouting their alfalfa for leaf feeding from weevil larvae. This pest is often overlooked during the early spring planting season.
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