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Early scouting key for cutworms, wireworms

Jun 11, 2019
Jun 11, 2019 Updated Jun 12, 2019

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Robert Wright, University of Nebraska Extension entomologist, and Justin McMechan, crop protection and cropping systems specialist, for the university’s Crop Watch website May 22.

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