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National Mosquito Control Awareness Week

As summer settles in and warmer weather brings mosquitoes into our daily routines, communities are coming together to celebrate National Mosquito Control Awareness...

Mosquito sucking blood

Insect Art Contest Winners 2026 Announced

Each year the Kansas State University Pesticide Safety and Integrated Pest Management Program sponsors an insect art contest for youth and adults in the state....

Art Contest 2026 with the Theme of Metamorphosis Magic hosted by the Pesticide Safety and Integrated Pest Management Extension Unit

Identifying Chinch Bugs and False Chinch Bugs

Chinch bug activity has been elevated in Kansas the last couple of seasons. Now would be a good time to discuss the differences between chinch bugs ( Blissus...

Adult chinch bug

Corn rootworm egg hatch has begun

To date, corn rootworm degree day accumulation for the northern half of Kansas is not tremendously different compared to the same time last year, and egg hatching...

Adult western corn rootworm

Proposed listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is proposing to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the 48...

monarch butterfly on flowers