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Insect Damage at Harvest

Oct 9, 2018

Very few things are as frustrating as delivering 5000+ pound per acre peanuts to the buying point and having them grade “Seg 2” because of insect injury, and when it happens there are usually a lot of questions. What caused it? Why did it happen? When did it happen? Could…
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Posted in Burrower bug, Rootworm.

Don’t be Alarmed by the White-lined Burrower Bug

Apr 17, 2018

  Everyone in the peanut industry in Georgia knows that burrower bugs are bad. That is why I get several calls each spring from folks who have found burrower bugs in their fields and are understandably concerned. Sometimes the offending creature is the peanut burrower bug, but most of the…
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Posted in Burrower bug, General pest update.

What are we seeing out there?

Jul 29, 2015

“What are you seeing?” is a question I have been getting and giving quite a bit the last couple weeks. The answer is a mixed bag of insects and a lot of variation in the level of pressure from field to field. We have seen three cornered alfalfa hopper (TCAH)…
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Posted in Burrower bug, Caterpillars, General pest update, LCB, spider mite, Threecornered alfalfa hopper.

Burrower Bug Damage and Seg 2 Peanuts

Oct 28, 2014

We made it through the first couple weeks of the 2014 peanut harvest without hearing too much about burrower bugs, and I thought hopefully our prediction of heavier burrower bug damage this year was going to be wrong. Over the last two weeks, however, the reports of seg 2 peanuts…
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Posted in Burrower bug, General pest update.

Peanut Burrower Bug

Aug 12, 2014

I have received a couple reports of burrower bugs in peanuts in the last two weeks. Eddie Beasley in Berrien County brought some specimens to the lab last week that were tentatively identified as the peanut burrower bug, Pangaeus bilineatus. We have no way to know how widespread infestations are…
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Posted in Burrower bug.

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