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Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Western bean cutworm moth

July 11, 2018

Scouting and Treating Western Bean Cutworm

By Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Wayne Ohnesorg - Extension Educator, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai - Entomology Postdoctoral Associate

Western corn rootworm beetles feeding on a corn leaf

June 27, 2018

Western Corn Rootworm Beetles Emerging, Time to Scout

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 1. Japanese beetles will first feed on the leaves of soybean (left) or corn. In corn they'll move to the silks (right) when they become available. (Photos by Justin McMechan)

June 25, 2018

Scout Corn and Soybean for Japanese Beetles

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

European corn borer

June 12, 2018

Scouting and Treatment of First Generation European Corn Borer

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

burrower bug nymphs

June 12, 2018

Burrower Bugs in Soybeans

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Differential grasshopper

June 12, 2018

Grasshopper Control Most Effective Early Season

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Insect light trap

June 6, 2018

Insect Light Trap Data Available for 3 Sites

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Alfalfa weevil larvae and adults

May 16, 2018

Scout Diligently for Alfalfa Weevils in May And June

By Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Mitchell Stephenson - Extension Range and Forage Management Specialist

wireworm

May 16, 2018

Scout Emerging Corn for Insects; Don't Take Protection for Granted

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Figure 1. Seasonal ecology of wheat stem maggot (Allen 1933) overlaid on 2017 field issues. Arrows indicate likely source of infestation started with adult movement in the spring.

April 25, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot Adult Monitoring: A Pest of Cover Crop-to-Corn Transitions

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

Figure 1. Rye cover crop planted in small sections of field for erosion control. Center photo shows a section of ground where cover crop did not establish with normally developing plants. Damaged corn plants were primarily restricted to areas where cover crop was present.

March 8, 2018

Wheat Stem Maggot in Corn: Plan on Scouting Your Cover Crop Fields This Spring

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Gabriela Inveninato Carmona - Entomology Graduate Student

First portion of the Handy Bt Trait Table

January 31, 2018

Handy Bt Trait Table Updated for 2018 Corn

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

cropwatch graphic

January 8, 2018

Corn Rootworm Management Update

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Lance Meinke - Professor of Entomology

Painted lady butterfly and caterpillar

January 8, 2018

Large Populations of Painted Lady Butterflies

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Wheat stem maggot

January 8, 2018

Insects in Cover Crops

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Map of Japanese beetle distribution in Nebraska in 2016

January 8, 2018

Japanese Beetle in Corn and Soybeans

By Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program

Dectes stem borer

October 27, 2017

Check for Dectes Stem Borer Damage in Soybeans

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Fall armyworm

October 12, 2017

Which Bt Traits Do You Need to Purchase?

By Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Jeff Bradshaw - Director of the Doctor of Plant Health Professional Program, Thomas Hunt - Extension Entomologist, Lance Meinke - Professor of Entomology, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist, Justin McMechan - Crop Protection and Cropping Systems Specialist

Western bean cutworm colony

October 4, 2017

Establishing a Western Bean Cutworm Colony in the Laboratory

By Katharine Swoboda Bhattarai - Entomology Postdoctoral Associate, Débora Montezano – Entomology PhD Student, Priscilla Colombo da Luz - VIsiting Entomology Scholar, Julie Peterson - Extension Entomologist, Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist

Map of counties reporting the sugarcane aphid

September 28, 2017

Sugarcane Aphid in Nebraska

By Robert Wright - Extension Entomologist