Editor’s note: The following was written by Adam Sisson, Iowa State University Extension IPM specialist, and Erin Hodgson, associate professor of entomology, for the university’s Integrated Crop Management blog May 17.
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Estimated black cutworm cutting dates for each Iowa climate division based on peak flights of moths occurring in 2018.
Map courtesy ISU Extension
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