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Articles tagged under: bugs

MacRae: Insect Pressure Will Increase as Temps Climb

Published July 20, 2025

Insect activity is starting to pick up, but University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae says soybean aphid numbers are still pretty low. "We don't usually see our big buildups of soybean aphid until late July, early August, and that's…
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Insect Pressure

Published June 30, 2025

Insect activity throughout the Northern Plains is starting to pick up with the warmer weather. "We started to see some grasshopper activities, so you know it's a good idea to be keeping an eye out for grasshoppers and scouting fields…
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Mixed Winter May Mean Mixed Insect Pressure This Spring

Published April 27, 2025

The weather is starting to warm up in the Red River Valley, and that means the return of bugs to the fields. University of Minnesota Extension Entomologist Ian MacRae says the milder winter weather much of the region received could…
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Bug Activity Increasing With Warmer Weather

Published August 1, 2024

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…
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Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Published June 15, 2024

As crops began to emerge, so did the bugs. "Get out to scout for flea beetles in any later-planted crop," said Janet Knodel, entomologist, NDSU Extension. "Most of the early crop is just taking off now with that moisture and…
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