Claire Cooke

Even the cotton is celebrating Halloween this morning! 🕷🍁🕸

Snack time! Brown marmorated stink bug feeding on a cotton boll in Prattville, AL #stinkbug #entomology #cotton #agriculture #insects #scouting #crops

@jeevan_subedi It’s infected with a fungus which produces large galls, often called corn smut or huitlacoche. The scientific name of the fungus is Ustilago maydis!

@clairysalis what's the problem with this corn ?

More zombie corn! 🧟‍♂️ #cornsmut #corn #agriculture #alabamaag #huitlacoche #fungus

What a distinguished gentleman. Leaf footed bug on corn in Headland, Alabama #Entomology #corn #AlabamaAg #agriculture #agscience #insects

Wow, that’s a lot of rust! Wait… why is it moving? 🔎 Spider mites on peanuts in Headland, Alabama #spidermites #mites #peanuts #entomology #agscience #infestation

A good look at a predatory stink bug beside a brown marmorated stink bug! Check out those shoulder pads 👀 #stinkbug #entomology #cotton #scout #scouting #insects #agscience

@BugStewart Only issue is it was only this one plant out of the whole field.

@clairysalis Looks on some leaves like they might have got a whiff or 2,4-D

Some interesting variegation I found in the field today! Doesn’t look like your typical chimera. Does anyone know what could’ve caused this? #cotton #agriculture #scouting #scout #chimera #variegation #variegated

Look at that damage! Stinkbug scouting with @ScottGraham72 #Cotton #StinkBug #CottonScout #Scouting #Entomology #AlabamaAg #Agriculture

I’ve never seen twin squares before! #cotton #flower #twins #agriculture #AlabamaAg #AgScience #Scouting

Chonk #Moth #Entomology #Chonk #Chunky #insect #Lepidoptera #Scouting

@Qais5515 They’re stem feeders - sucking out the phloem of the plant 🌱

@clairysalis How they damage the crop ?

Hm… I have a feeling these beans *might* have a little kudzu bug problem. #Soybean #Entomology #Agriculture #AgScience #Scout #Scouting #KudzuBug

Mushroom lady on a mini canvas 🍄 #Mushroom #Posca #acrylicpainting #decay #canvas #fern #gold

@magneticdynamo @thebiologistisn Yum!

@clairysalis @thebiologistisn allrecipes.com/recipe/246673/…

Corn smut, caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis Also called Zombie Corn (by me and maybe two other people) 🧟‍♂️ #cornsmut #huitlacoche #corn #fieldcorn #agriculture #agscience #plantpathology

@alejandrokllm I haven’t! But I definitely want to.

@clairysalis Nice pic! have you ever tried?

@Antony_kigaru I am! My research is on thrips as a vector for TSWV across 3 plant dates, 3 varieties, and treated/not treated with orthene.

@clairysalis You are researching on it? which aspects?

Tomato spotted wilt virus in peanuts 🥜 #TSWV #TomatoSpottedWiltVirus #Peanuts #AlabamaAg #Virus #Thrips #AgScience