It is time to monitor cornfields for western bean cutworm moth eggs in around northeastern Colorado now. According to Colorado State University Extension historic data, the moth population will peak ...

Western bean cutworm can be a serious pest in corn and dry beans, according to the University of Nebraska’s Panhandle Research and Extension Center. When cutworm populations or infestations exceed ...

One of the key pests in our region is the Western bean cutworm (WBC). WBC feeding can reduce the quantity and quality of dry bean and corn crops. Typically, control is achieved with a foliar ...

Early western bean cutworm instars (left) lack the identifying black rectangles that develop with older larvae (right). (Purdue Entomology photo/John Obermeyer) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...

Farmers can attest to the fact that not all caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies. Some, like the voracious western bean cutworm, Striacosta albicosta, can clip yields in a heavily-infested ...

Crop producers should start scouting for signs of western bean cutworms this week, according to a Purdue University Extension specialist, after the first signs of the corn pest were recently found in ...

The western bean cutworm is a destructive insect pest of dry beans and corn. Inadequate protocols for laboratory rearing of this insect have hindered controlled efficacy experimentation in the ...

SHELL ROCK, Iowa --Butler County farmers are not rolling out the welcome mat to the Western bean cutworm, but the area's newest pest isn't taking the hint that it's not wanted. When Shell Rock farmer ...

Colorado State University Extension pheromone trap based monitoring is showing the emergence of western bean cutworm moth in northeastern Colorado at the moment. According to the historic data, the ...

The number of moths captured in fields this spring is a good indication corn growers in the Midwest need to make preliminary plans to address insect feeding this season. Black Cutworm And True ...

A new rearing method used to maintain a laboratory colony of western bean cutworm has allowed researchers to gather the first reported data for the insect's susceptibility to Bt Cry toxins using ...