This season’s extended fall has allowed many plants and insects remain growing and active.
John Obermeyer
Recent weather maps
The following is a link to a simple, short online survey.
The following is a link to a simple, short online survey.
We’ve received questions about black, triangular moths flying around farms, homes, and yards, and especially to lights at night.
The following is a link to a simple, short online survey.
This is a wonderful time of the year in the Hoosier state, as we drive through the countryside, we are greeted with the pleasing sight of several colorful butterfly species gliding across and roads, near puddles of water, or on fall flowering plants.
Though Japanese beetle numbers and their defoliation to soybean typically get lots of mid-season attention, their pressures seemed to be lower this year.
Increasingly, we are getting inquires of swarms of “bee-like” flies around Indiana fields, farmsteads, and rural environments, and wanted to take the opportunity to tell you a bit about this curiosity.
Tracking the western bean cutworm moth flight wouldn’t be possible without the many pheromone trap cooperators in our network, see following “Western Bean Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report.”
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