AgriLife Extension Entomology
We are located throughout the State and can provide advice on control of urban, structural, landscape, garden, veterinary and agricultural pests, and pests that are threats to human health. Our information is backed by science and research at Texas A&M and other universities and is made practical and relevant by Extension Entomologists, educators or agents who work in each county, right where you live.
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What Are Our Extension Entomologists Saying?
- Squaring Cotton and FleahoppersHowdy,We are still dry this week. All of our crops could use the water, although it may be too late for a lot of the corn. The last two weeks I've seen a lot of corn watered, and some of our growers have started watering cotton. Our older cotton is up to match head and even 1/3 grown square, and the [...] read more3 days ago
- Sorghum Midge and Sugarcane Aphids
(Photo by S. Biles) Grain sorghum across Refugio, Calhoun and Victoria Counties ranges from 4-5 leaf to bloom. The two primary insects of concern this week for grain sorghum in the Mid-Coast of Texas are Sorghum Midge and Sugarcane Aphids. The Sugarcane Aphid can be found in Johnsongrass adjacent to sorghum fields, [...] read more3 days ago - Cotton Squaring SoonHowdy,We've been off to a relatively cool and very windy start, and nearly everywhere still needs rain, but most of our cotton is up, and the earliest planted will probably be squaring as early as next week. The corn and sorghum is looking dry and we are seeing some yellow sugarcane aphids in sorghum, both in low numbers, and most [...] read more1 week ago
- Squaring Cotton and DroughtMost cotton fields are squaring so the cotton fleahopper is the primary pest of interest in these fields. I use an economic threshold of 15 cotton fleahoppers per 100 plants. Adults and nymphs count the same. The cotton fleahopper will feed on the soft plant parts in the terminal of the plant. They cause injury when they feed on small [...] read more1 week ago
- Insect pest guesses for this strange growing seasonAs we begin this growing season where most of us have not had appreciable rain in over 200 days, it might be useful to review what things look like on the pest insect front. Of course there is no way to know what will happen and I don’t have a crystal ball. Here is what it looks like through the [...] read more2 weeks ago
- Thrips and FleahoppersHowdy,We've been off to a relatively cool and very windy start, and nearly everywhere still needs rain, but most of our cotton is up, and the earliest planted will probably be squaring as early as next week. The corn and milo is looking a little dry and we are seeing some aphids, corn leaf and yellow sugarcane, both in low [...] read more2 weeks ago
- South Texas Audio UpdatesWe have been recording pest updates in effort to provide a brief audio version of South Texas newsletters and blog posts. The reports include crop production and pest management updated from South Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley, Coastal Bend and Mid-Coast. You can get these by following this link: https://www.texasinsects.org/south-texas.html The post South Texas Audio Updates appeared first [...] read more3 weeks ago
- Early Season Thrips PressureHowdy, We've been off to a relatively cool and very windy start, and nearly everywhere needs rain, but most of our cotton is in the ground now, and soybeans are currently being planted. The corn and milo is looking a little dry and we are seeing some aphids, corn leaf and yellow sugarcane, both in low numbers, and a few [...] read more3 weeks ago
- CEU Meeting April 27The Calhoun County AgriLife Extension Office will have a meeting offering up to 6 hours of continuing education units for TDA Pesticide Applicators License. The meeting will be held Wednesday, April 27 at the Calhoun County Extension Auditorium (311 Henry Barber Way, Port Lavaca). Registration begins at 7:30 with the Last Chance CEU videos starting at 8 am. Cost is [...] read more3 weeks ago
- Scouting Clinic – Monday at 8:30A cotton scouting clinic will be held Monday, April 25, at 8:30 am on FM 1679 and Sanders Rd. At this clinic we will discuss the current cotton growing conditions and the insect pests we expect to find and how to scout for them. The post Scouting Clinic – Monday at 8:30 appeared first on Mid-Coast IPM. [...] read more3 weeks ago
- Seedling Cotton PestsCotton ranges from emerging to 3-4 leaf plants. Weather forecasts are not optimistic for rainfall so treating for insect pests of seedling cotton is not likely profitable. The pests we can expect to find on young cotton includes thrips, aphids, and mites. I have not seen fields with insect populations requiring management. Seed treatments are typically good for 3 weeks [...] read more3 weeks ago
- SPN Spring UpdatesHello everyone, I realize that it has been a quiet late winter and early spring from the school IPM team; however, this newsletter is designed to catch you up. For those of you who are looking for school IPM coordinator training, AgriLife Extension has three two-day events coming this year. Our prices are still the same since 2007, $210 [...] read more4 weeks ago
