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Purdue Extension Entomology. Science-based information for the Hoosier state and our fellow citizens of planet earth. @PurdueInsects @PurdueExtension #insects

 West Lafayette, IN
extension.entm.purdue.edu
Joined January 2015
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MRTF@TurfFoundation29 Jul 2025
Please consider joining us for the MRTF’s Day of Service this year! If you are interested, please be sure to use the link below to join the list : docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F… September 23, 2025: Abby & Libby Memorial Park (Delphi, IN) 10:00am – 3:00pm abbyandlibbymemorialpark.org…
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"While the project primarily focuses on field crops like corn, soybeans and occasionally wheat, two of our farms will focus on specialty crops as they are an important component of Indiana Agriculture.” -Laura Ingwell @PurdueInsects @PurdueAg ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/10/s…

Squashing common farming challenges with resilient agriculture

This fall, researchers at the Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center (SWPAC) have turned their attention to pumpkins, harvesting a nine-acre plot of the Bayhorse Gold variety provided by Rupp Seeds....

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Another step on the trans gene-facilitated herbicide treadmill. @PurdueExtension @PurdueAg scijournals.onlinelibrary.wi…

Another step on the transgene‐facilitated herbicide treadmill

Unprecedented increases in dicamba use associated with transgenic, dicamba-resistant soybean and cotton have led to a host of problems including the evolution of dicamba-resistant weeds, widespread...

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North Central IPM Center@ncipmc17 Jul 2024
Spotted lanternfly is spreading. Get ready by reading the recently updated Spotted Lanternfly Pest Alert. Prints are available for free upon request. ncipmc.org/communications/pe… @InvSp @CropLifeAmerica @usfs_nrs @NortheastIPM @MarkBadertscher @southernipm @ILAgriculture @IllinoisDNR @ILextension @uie_hort @PurdueExtension @PurdueExtEnt @INdnrinvasive @ISDAgov @USDA_NIFA @USDA_APHIS @WIFruitNews @PurdueInsects @MSUDiagnostics @MSUExtension @ErinLizotte @Tmiles_MSU @MSUEntomology @MichDeptofAg @MichiganDNR @PAAgriculture @DCNRnews @psuextension @OSU_IPM @OhioVeggieDoc @UrbanAgNews @UrbanFarming @VegNetNews @ohiodnr @ohioagriculture

Spotted Lanternfly - North Central Integrated Pest Management Center

Spotted Lanternfly is an invasive sap-feeding planthopper. It threatens production of grapes, apples, cherries, peaches, pears and plums in the US.

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Crop Protection Network
@CropNetwork8 Aug 2024
Check out Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the U.S. - 2023 from Extension at cropprotectionnetwork.org/pu…. @WhitneyDCrow @bick_emily @SebeABrown @ScottGraham72 @OhBuggers @DominicDReisig @nick_seiter @thrashnbugs @ISU_IPM @ISUExtension @MSUExtService @PurdueExtEnt @EntsocAmerica @MSUEntomology @AginArk @MizzouIPM @UDExtension @UWMadisonExt @BugStewart @CUESNews @txextension @UnitedSoy @OSU_HortCropSci @SoybeanScience1 +more #agtwitter #agX #insects #soybean
green stink bug nymph

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Tree map showing proportion of yield loss by pest.

ALT Tree map showing proportion of yield loss by pest.

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Assistant Professor Elizabeth Long featured on WRTV for her work helping Indiana mint growers in their fight against Asiatic garden beetle @PurdueInsects @PurdueExtension wrtv.com/news/local-news/pur…

Purdue University is leading a battle against an invasive pest destroying Indiana mint farms

Asiatic garden beetle grub eats roots, kills mint plants

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Purdue Agriculture
@PurdueAg6 Jun 2024
In pop culture, wasps, slugs, bats and swarming flies might belong in a horror film, but without them, our world wouldn't be green. We're celebrating these often-unappreciated pollinators for #NationalPollinatorMonth! 🪰🦇🐌 ag.purdue.edu/news/2021/06/f…

From “eww” to “cool”: Why you should welcome slugs, bats and wasps

Imagine: darting wasps, crawling slugs, soaring bats and swarming flies. The opening scene to a horror film? Probably more than one, however, aside from popular culture’s general aversion to these...

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Jody Green@JodyBugsMeUNL6 Jun 2024
Lone star tick family photo. I saw the male and female questing and as I took the picture, a nymph crawled around to the front! #tick #lonestartick #tickcheck #nebraska @DouglasSarpyExt
Two ticks on a blade of grass

ALT Two ticks on a blade of grass

Two adult ticks and a nymph on a blade of grass

ALT Two adult ticks and a nymph on a blade of grass

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Doug Richmond@doctorDRich8 Jun 2024
We captured our first #japanesebeetles this week. Should be in full swing within 2 weeks extension.entm.purdue.edu/pu…
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Purdue Agriculture
@PurdueAg15 May 2024
Driven by pressing challenges facing agriculture, John Couture is committed to discovering solutions. The associate professor of @PurdueInsects and @PurdueFNR was named a @LifeAtPurdue University Faculty Scholar for his exceptional research. ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/05/j…
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Purdue Extension
@PurdueExtension8 May 2024
Why are Bradford and Callery pear trees considered problematic? Learn about their history and eco-impact from Ben McCallister, @PurdueFNR urban forestry specialist in the latest @PurdueLandscape Report. puext.in/4abkk8y
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An infestation in a California home is believed to be the first record of a structural infestation by the bird flea Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus. 🔗 The Curious Case of Bird Fleas Infesting a Home /via @SMCMVCD entomologytoday.org/2024/05/…

The Curious Case of Bird Fleas Infesting a Home

An infestation in a California home is believed to be the first record of a structural infestation by the bird flea Dasypsyllus gallinulae perpinnatus.

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Scattered reports of brood XIX cicadas emerging as far north as Parke county. Keep looking and listening. Photographs with date and location stamps are good data. extension.entm.purdue.edu/pu…
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MRTF@TurfFoundation23 Apr 2024
Registration for exhibitors and sponsors is open! Attendee registration is not far off, so be sure to check mrtf.org/event/turf-and-land… for all the info and updates.
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No Crickets spitting at #BugBowl this year, but our outreach specialist @EntoEmily formed the #cricketquartet to demonstrate how insects, like crickets, use sound to communicate. #Vivaldi #SandraYoverHaasQuartet
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Purdue Agriculture
@PurdueAg13 Apr 2024
Are you brave enough to hold a hissing cockroach? Visit the @PurdueInsects bug zoo at #SpringFest!
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Chaos at the cockroach coliseum!
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If you haven’t made it to campus yet, it’s a beautiful day to join us at #Bugbowl
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Purdue Agriculture
@PurdueAg13 Apr 2024
Good morning, @LifeAtPurdue! Welcome to #SpringFest! 🌷🐾
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Krispn Given@kgiven8 Nov 2023
Folks, we have been working on this for many years. It was such a great experience working with PBS’s Deep Look.🐝 Check out this video from @PBS: Deep Look, Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nightmare pbs.org/video/varroa-mites-a… @PurdueAg @PurdueInsects

Deep Look | Varroa Mites Are a Honeybee's 8-Legged Nightmare | Season 10 | Episode 14

Beekeepers and scientists are helping honeybees fight off varroa mites.

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