Significant #blackcutworm flight Pike County Projected potential cutting date May 21

Trapping season is upon us & a stormy spring has brought moths north already. Significant #blackcutworm flight Macoupin County Projected potential cutting date May 13

Watch out for stinkbugs! We have hit >12.7 hours of daily sunlight at more than half of the ICN stations. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

The first pest map of the 2025 growing season is out and it's not good news for southern IL. Warmer temps this winter means more corn flea beetles surviving and greater chance of Stewart's wilt. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social

Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:

Know a college kid interested in an internship? Send them my way! blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/63...