Alabama Insect Blog

In most seasons, we would be entering t he home stretch for cotton insect control by early August. While this may be true for fields plante...

·        If monitoring 2 gene cotton in 2020, take note of the corn planting window in your area. This plays a large role in the emergen...

Due to abundant rainfall over most of the state in recent weeks, the migration of adult plant bugs from wild host (daisy fleabane) has b...

Cotton Insect Report Following Tropical Storm Cristobal, spider mites are still building in parts of central Alabama. Spider mite infest...

Grasshoppers have been a sporadic pest of seedling cotton for 10 or more years. Growers reported observing high numbers of adult grasshopp...

Cotton planting and early season thrips management are almost upon us. We are fortunate today to have varieties that have three-plus bale...