Insect activity is picking up throughout the Upper Midwest. University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae is seeing a lot of potato bug activity. “Insects, especially Colorado Potato Beetles, are really regional this year. Some places are seeing high, some are seeing low populations. It’s spotty, depending on the location.” Soybean aphid numbers are expected to increase. “It’s getting towards the time of year when we expect to see dispersals where they start flying and they start moving their way north from established populations down south.”
