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The coolest insect of the week!

July 16, 2015 9:43 AM
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Yesterday during my class at FEEL, I asked participants to go out in the corn and soybean plots and find pests. It didn’t take too long to find a few plants loaded with soybean aphid. It was the largest natural colonies I have seen this summer (potentially exciting for my research but not great for farmers). They also found potato leafhopper, green cloverworm, Japanese beetle and corn rootworm. Not too surprising given its mid-July, and soybeans are blooming and corn is silking.