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@ABbugcounter They were earlier last year! This is helpful info, thanks @ABbugcounter and @Cronk_Ag for sharing!

Seeing baby grasshoppers south of Youngstown AB. May 15. Geeze May 15!

If you haven't heard already, the emerald ash borer has now been found in British Columbia. This is a big deal. 🧵

Remember to check in with the diamondback monitoring in Alberta. Our cooperators are adding to the map every day! agric.gov.ab.ca/app68/listings… #abbugcounting24

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – Science and Technology Branch is looking for a research assistant (entomology) based out of their Research and Development Centre in Ottawa. See full details here: buff.ly/3ur6ArN

@docdez And some days, dog walks are much shorter than normal. It’s feeling like -51C in Saskatoon this morning.

Some days you just don’t get your 10000 steps in.

@TylerWist1 @SKAgriculture @dr_tansey It’s a great line! He used it in his presentation to Agronomy Update 2024 this morning too.

"Show of hands, who expected to see insect naughty bits at #WCCPS24 this morning?" asks @SKAgriculture Entomologist @dr_tansey

@CanolaWatch Kudos to Taylor, a very keen and intrepid summer student for counting and identifying thousands of grasshoppers in summer 2023!

At #canolaweek2023 @vanbugsky says grasshoppers could be worse in 2024 than they were in 2023. And they were bad in ‘23. Meghan shared this slide showing the massive pile of grasshoppers captured in 25 sweeps near Kindersley, SK this year…

@TraceyBaute @LEGOIdeas @EntsocAmerica I built my set of LEGO Insects as a celebration of surviving the ESC-ESS JAM in October!

Our @CanEntomologist JAM is coming soon and we want to remind attendees to sign up for the events we have prepared for you! 🐞Taxonomy Blitz - Oct 14 - tinyurl.com/mrxtsxaf 🐞 Trivia - Oct 16 - tinyurl.com/2dfsa3zu 🐞 Bug War Games - Oct 16 - tinyurl.com/a8ervbu9

Entomologists and plant pathologists: if you supervise students who would benefit from attending Western Forum on Pest Management, then please have them apply for a travel bursary! Deadline to submit applications to ME is September 29!

Don't forget to get your photos in to the ESC photo contest! esc-sec.ca/2023/07/14/19t…

@Megarhyssa @BoydMori I expect the answer is that diamondback moth larvae will eat anything green as long as there are larvae alive and it’s warm enough. But that’s off the top of my head logic, not something I’ve looked up. So I could be wrong!

@vanbugsky @BoydMori any idea?

The Canadian Plant Health Council needs your help! Please watch for & report invasive & migratory insect pests that harm plants. Early detection is critical for slowing the spread of these insect pests. Use the QR code on the posters to report any sightings! #MbAg #westcdnag

@APGresearch @FloateKevin @hectorcarabido @TylerWist1 The PPMN and it’s many collaborators and contributors will be sampling grasshoppers, wheat midge, and wheat stem sawfly this fall. The data collected will help us forecast what to expect in 2024, BUT the weather plays a big role in what will actually happen! #abBugChat

As plants are approaching full maturity (or are already there) where are all our pest species at? can we influence next years pop's this year? @FloateKevin @hectorcarabido @TylerWist1 @vanbugsky

@APGresearch @ShaunSharpe9 @FloateKevin @hectorcarabido Sorry for missing #abBugChat yesterday! I was collecting grasshopper samples along SKHW18 and HW2 for our annual species composition survey. You were in good hands though!

a quiet day today! everyone is camping or combining :) HUGE thanks to @ShaunSharpe9 and @FloateKevin and @hectorcarabido for their insights today. have a good week folks (the hashtags work all week)

Producers & agronomists in Barrhead Co. keep an eye on your canola for diamondback moth. My morning processing is saying that they could certainly be in your canola. #abcountingbugs23

Not great news for canola farmers in the land of my youth (or at least in the adjacent county!). Watch out for those pesky larvae.

AB wheat growers and agronomists...We are looking for fields to survey for wheat midge after you combine this fall. If you have a field we could use, DM me for details! Will really help us out this fall. #countingbugs23 #abbugchat

Producers and Agronomists in southern AB...having issues with wheat stem sawfly? We would be happy to add your field to our survey this fall after the combines roll. If you have a field we could survey...DM me for details or to share a legal. #abbugchat #countingbugs23

@breannetidemann @ShaunSharpe9 @SKweedgeek @APGExtension @APGresearch @charlesmgeddes On the topic of yellow clematis: my mom is still salty about the county telling her to get rid of the one climbing on a sign post at the driveway. It had been there >10 years and never spread. The daisies and yellow buttercup are a much bigger problem than her clematis ever was

@ShaunSharpe9 @SKweedgeek @APGExtension @APGresearch @charlesmgeddes Turns out the domestic ones turn invasive! There's a factsheet from City of Edmonton on it.

its wednesday! #abbugchat #abpestchat rolls in 15 min!