Extension Entomology

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/1FAI… September 23, 2025: Abby & Libby Memorial Park (Delphi, IN) 10:00am – 3:00pm abbyandlibbymemorialpark.org

"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…

Another step on the trans gene-facilitated herbicide treadmill. @PurdueExtension @PurdueAg scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ps…

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… @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

Check out Soybean Invertebrate Loss Estimates from the U.S. - 2023 from Extension at cropprotectionnetwork.org/publications/s…. @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

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-new…

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…

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

We captured our first #japanesebeetles this week. Should be in full swing within 2 weeks extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E…

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…

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

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/2024/05/09/cur…

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/publications/E…

Registration for exhibitors and sponsors is open! Attendee registration is not far off, so be sure to check mrtf.org/event/turf-and… for all the info and updates.

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

Are you brave enough to hold a hissing cockroach? Visit the @PurdueInsects bug zoo at #SpringFest!

@GeorgebarnesJr @LadyoftheLeps Sorry to say, we are not. Yuck!

If you haven’t made it to campus yet, it’s a beautiful day to join us at #Bugbowl

Chaos at the cockroach coliseum!

Good morning, @LifeAtPurdue! Welcome to #SpringFest! 🌷🐾