• All ‘usual suspect’ crop pest moths (loopers, cutworms, corn earworm) are within normal activity levels.
  • Diabrotica undecimpunctata (12-spot / cucumber beetles) have 2 generations per year. They may be feeding underground now as rootworms, and expect to see more adult beetles in the landscape in the coming weeks. Rootworms feed underground, and adults chew on foliage of a wide variety of crops and weeds.
  • Heat brings on flea beetles. Keep an eye on any newly planted fields, beetles tend to move in from the margins.
  • See data table below…

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