Kansas Insect Newsletter 2003

Issue #26, December 3, 2003
Kansas Department of Agriculture FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Issue #25, November 20, 2003
Warm Weather Favorable for Many Pests, Section 18 Crisis Exemption

Issue #24, September 19, 2003
Reporting of Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Kansas, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #23, September 12, 2003
Squash/Pumpkin Cleanup, White Grubs in Turf, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #22, August 29, 2003
"Browned" Elm Trees, Spotted Alfalfa Aphid, Soybean Aphids, Sunflower Head Moth, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #21, August 22, 2003
Grasshoppers in the Garden, Wilting Pumpkin Plants, USDA Issues Conditional License for West Nile Virus Treatment for Horses

Issue #20, August 15, 2003
Soybean Aphid Alert, Sunflower Moths, Sunflower Seed Weevils

Issue #19, August 8, 2003
Spider Mite and Soybeans, Cattle Grub, Tomato Hornworms, Spider Mites on Tomatoes, Diagnostician's report

Issue #18, August 1, 2003
Bed Bugs Return, Corn Earworms and Soybeans, weekly Diagnostician's report

Issue #17, July 25, 2003
Mimosa Webworm in Honeylocust, Fall Webworms, Blister Beetles, Soybean Aphids and Soybean Stem Borers, Cattail Caterpillars, European Corn Borer

Issue #16, July 18, 2003
Buffalograss Webworms in Turf, Sunflower Moth, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #15, July 11, 2003
Controlling Annual White Grubs, Bagworm Update, Personal protection against mosquitoes, Sunflower Head Moth, Sugarcane Rootstock Weevil, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #14, July 3, 2003
Wheat Head Armyworm Update, Thrips and Fleahoppers, Soybean Aphid, Western Corn Rootworms, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #13, June 27, 2003
Wheat Head Armyworm, Potato Leafhoppers, Dectes Soybean Stem Borer, Sensitive Crops Website, Kansas Commercial Applicator Recertification, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #12, June 20, 2003
Defoliating Caterpillars, Corn Rootworms, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #11, June 16, 2003
Chigger Season is in full swing, 2003 Restricted Use Pesticide Publication Available, Wood Roaches, Wheat Head Armyworm, Recent Press Releases, Moth Flights/Activities, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #10, June 6, 2003
Beginning of the Bagworm Season, Brown Recluse Spiders, Blister Beetles, Bean Leaf Beetles, Watch Cotton for Thrips, Corn Root Aphids, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #9, May 30, 2003
Armyworms In Turf, Grasshoppers, Chinch bugs, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #8, May 23, 2003
Scale Insects, Tick Season Has Started, Soybean Aphid, Russian Wheat Aphid Concern, Armyworm Alert, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #7, May 15, 2003
Black Cutworm Damage to Golf Greens, Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa virginica), Southern Corn Leaf Beetle, Alfalfa Weevil, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #6, May 9, 2003
Lecanium Scale, Fly Control News, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #5, May 1, 2003
Current Status of European Pine Sawfly, Cutworms in the Garden, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #4, April 25, 2003
Miller Moths, Cutworms and Southern Corn Leaf Beetles on Corn, Pine Wilt Disease, Ash/Lilac Borer, Alfalfa Weevil, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #3, April 18, 2003
"Borers" in Firewood, Cabbageworms, Aphids in Alfalfa, USDA Private Applicator Recordkeeping Manuals, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #2, April 11, 2003
Boxelder and Redshouldered Bugs, Termites, Diagnostic Laboratory Report

Issue #1, April 7, 2003
Extension Entomology Staff Changes, Alfalfa Weevil and Pea Aphids, Army Cutworms, Russian Wheat Aphids, Chinch Bug, European Pine Sawfly, Hackberry Nipplegall Maker