{"id":263,"date":"2019-08-19T10:54:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T14:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/?p=263"},"modified":"2019-08-19T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T15:03:56","slug":"time-to-scout-soybeans-for-caterpillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/2019\/08\/time-to-scout-soybeans-for-caterpillars\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Scout Soybeans for Caterpillars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have received several calls about caterpillars in soybean fields.\u00a0 Scout fields soybean fields using a sweep net or ground\/drop cloth.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have either, you can order them online.\u00a0 To know when to spray, I have attached the current UGA Extension thresholds for insects that cause damage in soybeans.<\/p>\n<p>Some growers use a defoliation threshold to determine if an insect spray is necessary. Attached is a one-page sheet with defoliation percentages.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, contact me at rjoyce@uga.edu or 478-279-2293.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/files\/2019\/08\/Soybean-Insect-Thresholds.pdf\">Soybean Insect Thresholds<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/files\/2019\/08\/Soybean-Insect-Damage-Percentage.pdf\">Soybean Insect Damage Percentage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have received several calls about caterpillars in soybean fields.\u00a0 Scout fields soybean fields using a sweep net or ground\/drop cloth.\u00a0 If you don&#8217;t have either, you can order them online.\u00a0 To know when to spray, I have attached the current UGA Extension thresholds for insects that cause damage in soybeans. Some growers use a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-soybean"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/laurens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}