Insects

Resources, tools, and information specific to crop insect identification and management.

Insect ICM News Articles

Oct 28, 2022 High Reproduction of SCN Populations on PI 88788 Resistance is Frightening
Sep 23, 2022 Sap Beetles in Corn: Are they Pests?
Jun 21, 2022 Corn Rootworm egg Hatch Behind Schedule this Year
Jun 21, 2022 Japanese Beetle Adult Emergence Begins in Southern Iowa
Jun 17, 2022 Soybean Gall Midge Adult Emergence Begins
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Insect ICM Blog Posts

Jan 13, 2023 2022 Regional Corn Rootworm Monitoring Network Report Available Online
Sep 6, 2022 Time to get your grain bins ready for harvest
Aug 24, 2022 New Iowa counties confirmed with soybean gall midge in 2022
Aug 11, 2022 Dry conditions causing spider mite issues throughout Iowa
Jul 22, 2022 Use sticky traps to monitor corn rootworm beetles this summer
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Field Specialists

Meaghan Anderson
Meaghan Anderson
Field Agronomist in Central Iowa
(319) 331-0058
Terry Basol
Terry Basol
Field Agronomist in NC Iowa
(641) 426-6801
Joel DeJong
Joel DeJong
Field Agronomist in NW Iowa
(712) 546-7835
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Angie Rieck-Hinz
Field Agronomist in NC Iowa
(515) 231-2830
Aaron Saeugling
Aaron Saeugling
Field Agronomist in SW Iowa
(712) 243-1132
Virgil Schmitt
Virgil Schmitt
Field Agronomist in SE Iowa
(563) 263-5701
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Gentry Sorenson
Field Agronomist in NW Iowa
641-430-6715
Rebecca Vittetoe
Rebecca Vittetoe
Field Agronomist in EC Iowa
(319) 653-4811
Michael Witt
Michael Witt
Field Agronomist in WC Iowa
(641) 430-2600

Insect Campus Specialists

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Randall P Cass
Extension Entomologist, Honey Bees and Native Bees
+1 515 294 5967
Ashley Dean
Education Extension Specialist I
+1 515 447 3766
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Erin Hodgson
Professor, Extension Entomologist Specialist , ANR Crops Team Leader
(515) 294-2847
Laura Jesse Iles
Laura Jesse Iles
Director, Plant & Insect Diagnostic Clinic, Co-Director, North Central IPM Center
(515) 294-0581
Edward Zaworski
Ed Zaworski
Plant Pathology Diagnostician, Extension Program Specialist II
(515) 294-0581