Insect scouting: What may you find?
…sweeps indicate high numbers, check a few areas throughout the field. Weevils are good fliers and will sometimes concentrate at field margins, particularly as flowering starts. Read more. Swede midge….
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Curled pods are usually thrips damage
…(1 mm in length) and often require a specialized entomologist to accurately identify them. Other kinds of damage, such as bouqueting of pods, is not likely thrips damage. Swede midge…
Read moreIn-crop insect surveys in 2019
…and industry groups to conduct insect pest surveys in field crops throughout the Prairies. In 2019, AAFC surveys could include cabbage seedpod weevil, swede midge, grasshoppers, leafhoppers, bertha armyworm, diamondback…
Read moreDamage ID
…but may be swede midge damage. Identifying the factors causing the damage can be difficult, but important. Management of a problem usually requires accurate identification of what caused the problem…
Read moreInsect update: Lygus, bertha armyworm, CSPW
…of losing you money instead of adding to your income. Swede midge. While swede midge continues to expand its territory in Western Canada, numbers and damage levels have remained low,…
Read moreInsect update: Limited threats
Lygus. Credit: Dan Johnson Lygus, grasshoppers, diamondback moth larvae and early bertha armyworms have been reported, as have thrips and swede midge damage, but generally nothing requiring significant widespread action….
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