New edition available for Mid-Atlantic insect guide
The Virginia IPM Program is printing an updated edition of the Mid-Atlantic Guide to the Insect Pests and Beneficials of Corn, Soybean, and Small Grain. The new version includes some of the newest...
View ArticleHomeowners should look out for kudzu bugs this winter
As the weather grows colder, many insects will enter people’s homes in search of warmth and shelter. A new pest that could enter homes this winter is the kudzu bug, said Doug Johnson, extension...
View ArticleKudzu bug targeting soybeans
For the 2012 insect outlook, southern soybean growers can expect a new kid on the block — the kudzu bug — as well as the usual suspects. Several Southeast and Mid-South university entomologists discuss...
View ArticleKudzu bugs create headaches for soybean growers, homeowners
Homeowners and soybean growers in North Carolina are in for a surprise this year, as kudzu bugs continue their march across the Southeast. This invasive pest congregates en masse on home siding and...
View ArticleKudzu bug found in Mississippi
Established kudzu bug populations have been confirmed in southern Mississippi. This finding represents a significant jump in the range of this pest across the whole state of Mississippi from previously...
View ArticleSoybean-damaging kudzu bug inching closer to Arkansas
From Delta Farm Press The kudzu bug, an insect that has caused up to 20 percent yield losses in some untreated soybean fields in North Carolina, is inching its way nearer to Arkansas. Native to India...
View ArticleControlling kudzu bugs can boost soybean yields
By Southeast Farm Press Georgia soybean producers made a record crop this past year with 37 bushels per acre, but yields might be improved even more by controlling insect pests like the relatively new...
View ArticleNorth Carolina kudzu bug treatment thresholds evolving
By Dominic Reisig, North Carolina Extension Entomologist, In Southeast Farm Press Kudzu bug activity has heightened with the warm weather in the past two weeks. Adults are flying from over-wintering...
View ArticleSoybean growers might as well get acquainted with the kudzu bug
In Southeast Farm Press By Xing Ping Hu, Alabama Extension Entomologist What is a kudzu bug? The kudzu bug is a small yellowish green lady-beetle-like insect. However, they are not a beetle, but a true...
View ArticleKudzu bugs: Don’t freak out and spray too soon
In Delta Farm Press Like the boll weevil in the late 19th century, the kudzu bug has found a home in the U.S., quickly spreading across much of the South, and with few natural enemies, entomologists...
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