Peanut Insect UpdateOddly, spider mite calls have significantly picked up over the past week, tomorrow alone we received reports of mites in peanuts across south and central Alabama. We woul...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/09/tales-of-insects-september-24-2024.html
The cotton situation is all over the board right now in Alabama. Plant bugs are building in some areas statewide and relatively quite in others. Overall, stink bugs have been low but are now begi...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/08/tales-of-cotton-insects-friday-august-9.html
The cotton insect situation is as it has been all year, all over the board. Reports from South Alabama are that plant bugs are finally beginning to build in many fields but continue to be the hea...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/07/tales-of-cotton-insects-thursday-july.html
Insect Pressure All Over the Board Over the past week, we have received feedback from all cotton producing areas of Alabama. Adult plant bugs are still infesting some fields with nymphs showing u...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/07/tales-of-cotton-insects-monday-july-8.html
Critical Window for Early Planted Cotton in Central and North Alabama The plant bug situation has exploded over the week in Central and North Alabama. Based on reports and observations from about...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/06/tales-of-cotton-insects-thursday-june.html
Plant Bugs Invading Alabama CottonOver the couple days, we have received multiple reports or observed adult tarnished plant bugs in April or early May planted cotton across central and north Alab...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/06/tales-of-cotton-insects-june-4-2024.html
We have received several calls about thrips over the past 5-7 days. Right now, cotton planted in May is at the highest risk of thrips injury and cotton planted through about the 20th is at very h...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/05/tales-of-cotton-insects-may-20-2024.html
The Alabama cotton insect situation has started to pick up over the last few days. We have received several reports of grasshoppers in fields across central Alabama. Our observations and reports ...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/05/tales-of-cotton-insects-may-3-2024.html
The Thrips Infestation Predictor Model for Cotton (link) is a useful tool to use to help understand which planting dates or planting windows are at the highest risk of thrips injury. This model p...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/04/alabama-thrips-risk-april-18-2024.html
The latest USDA estimate has cotton up significantly (430,000 acres) compared to last year. Hopefully, this means we will be able to spread insect pressure across more acres and dilute some of th...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2024/04/preparing-for-2024-cotton-season.html
We have received multiple reports of redbanded stink bugs found nearing threshold levels in the Alabama Black Belt this week. Redbanded stink bugs (RBSB) are the most damaging pest of soybeans in...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/09/alabama-insect-situation-friday.html
Phone calls and reports have slowed considerably over the past 10-14 days. Most of the cotton is no longer susceptible to insects and some is beginning to open. We have some areas that have gotte...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/08/alabama-insect-situation-august-31-2023.html
Plant bugs, stink bugs, bollworms, spider mites (cotton), velvetbean caterpillars, corn earworms soybean loopers (peanuts and soybeans) and stink bugs (soybeans) have been reported this week. In ...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/08/alabama-insect-situation-august-17-2023.html
We are beginning to see the “light at the end of the tunnel” for most of our late planted cotton across Alabama. We visited several fields in central and south Alabama this week and the crop ...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/08/alabama-insect-situation-august-12-2023.html
The phone calls have picked up over the past week. Plant bugs have picked back up in some spots and in some areas of south Alabama they are still heavy. I spoke with one person in south Alabama y...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/08/alabama-insect-situation-friday-august.html
The plant bug situation has not changed over the past week. There are still some hotspots with high numbers of nymphs, but overall populations are manageable. We have also observed and received r...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/07/alabama-crops-insect-situation-thursday.html
Plant Bug Situation Overall, we appear to be in good shape after the onslaught of adult plant bugs that infested fields in June. Phone calls have slowed down considerably, and most of the reports...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/07/alabama-cotton-insect-situation.html
The plant bug situation has continued to increase over the past week. Going back at least 51 seasons, this appears to be the most widespread and highest pressure we have seen in Alabama. There ar...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/06/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-june-29.html
We have received reports of threshold populations of plant bugs from the Gulf to the Tennessee line and from Mississippi to Georgia. If cotton has squares, it should be scouted for adult plant bu...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/06/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-friday_23.html
Plant bugs are on the move. We have heard reports of adult plant bugs moving into fields across Alabama. A lot of fields in SW Alabama and some fields in Central Alabama have been treated over th...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/06/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-and.html
We are getting dry in a lot of areas across the state. A few rains have popped up here and there, but much of our cotton needs a drink. The crop also appears to be relatively late. I would say ba...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/06/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-friday.html
The past week has brought slightly cooler temperatures across much of Alabama, resulting in cotton that is not growing off as quick as we would want in some areas. We also have some pockets that ...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/06/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-june-1.html
Planters have been rolling over the past 7 to 10 days, when popup showers haven’t chased them out. We have talked to a couple of folks this week that have had to dodge rains trying to get the c...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/05/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-may-19.html
As of Monday (5/8), we have turned hot and dry. In many fields we have walked across Central Alabama this week, moisture is lacking and stands are struggling to make. Some areas caught a rain yes...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/05/alabama-cotton-insect-situation-may-10.html
We have been running thrips models (link) across Alabama for the last 10-14 days to get a sense for what pressure will be like this year. Heading into my 4th crop in Alabama, this is the easiest ...
http://alabama-insects.blogspot.com/2023/04/alabama-thrips-model-update-april-26.html