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Strange start to soybean production

Published: June 14, 2022, 3:53 p.m.

b'Despite a slow start to planting, some insects are starting to respond to emerging soybeans.

\\nIn this episode Erin and Matt kick off the 13th season on the 13th of June with a brief discussion of the spiders on Stranger Things before getting into soybean pest activity. Erin reviews predictions about bean leaf beetle winter mortality and subsequent activity on spring emerging soybeans.\\xa0 Erin also reviews her groups work tracking several lepidopteran pests (that\\u2019s a bunch of moth species that feed as caterpillars on corn and soybeans).\\xa0 Matt notes that it\\u2019s not just soybeans that these hungry beetles are feeding on.

\\nFor more details about the overwintering survival of bean leaf beetles- https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2022/04/another-tough-winter-bean-leaf-beetle

\\nErin and her technician Ashley Dean have developed a pest alert system. Visit this website for more details- https://pestalerts.extension.iastate.edu/.

\\nIf you are looking for an interesting event about pollinators, visit ISU\\u2019s Pollinator Fest on 25 June at Rieman Gardens, just south of the Jack Trice stadium.'