In most years, with highly resistant potato leafhopper alfalfa varieties, management of this pest with insecticides usually isn’t needed.
John Obermeyer
Potato leafhopper populations were noticeably higher after last week’s tropical storm remnants blew through, and now the warmer temperature will drive further increases.
Pheromone traps placed on campus by Purdue’s Turfgrass Entomology & Applied Ecology program have detected emergence of Japanese beetle.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
Weather systems originating in the south will often carry insects north with them.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
Armyworm primarily feed on grasses.
Standing water and freezing temperatures really put the hurt to some early planted corn.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2020
Pest&Crop newsletter -
Department of Entomology
Purdue University
901 Mitch Daniels Blvd
West Lafayette, IN 47907
© 2025 Purdue University | An equal access/equal opportunity university | Copyright Complaints | Maintained by Pest&Crop newsletter
If you have trouble accessing this page because of a disability, please contact Pest&Crop newsletter at luck@purdue.edu.