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What’s been ‘bugging’ crops in Iowa?

Jun 29, 2023
Jun 29, 2023

-IA-Bugs-Armyworm — Top left: True armyworm larva feeding on standing rye. Top middle: True armyworm color variation. Top right: True armyworms were found by looking under crimped rye during the day. Bottom left: True armyworm injury to soybean. Bottom right: True armyworm injury to corn.
Photos courtesy Ashley Dean Meaghan Anderson and Heather Karsten/Iowa State University and Pennsylvania State University

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Ashley Dean, Iowa State University Extension education specialist, and Erin Hodgson, professor, for the Integrated Crop Management blog June 9.

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