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Western Bean Cutworms Active in Western Kansas
July 3, 2025Western bean cutworms (Figure 1) are primarily a pest of corn in Kansas and activity is generally isolated to the western part of the state. This pest overwinters...
Fall Armyworm Season Approaches
June 19, 2025Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda , can damage several important Kansas crops as well as pasture, turf and home landscaping. This insect does not overwinter...
Insect and Mite Pests of Greenhouse Grown Tomatoes
June 11, 2025Tomato, Solanum lycopersicum , is a vegetable grown outdoors under field conditions and in greenhouses. Managing insect and mite pests in a greenhouse environment...
Turf & Ornamental Insect Update
June 9, 2025Registration is open for Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day at Rocky Ford Research Center in Manhattan on Thursday, August 7, 2025. This program is designed...
Bagworms
June 5, 2025The time is approaching when the 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch bag of the bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformus , caterpillar (larva) will be present on broadleaf...
