Insect Pest Alerts
What’s in your fields?
Sign up for the Bick Lab’s collaborative insect pest text alert service with Extension and WI DATCP to find out what insect pests are emerging and active in fields near you.
Each week, Extension and DATCP report statewide insect pest findings to the Bick Lab. Then, the Bick Lab sends out a “heads up” text to check for specific insect pests along with relevant resources based on emergence and presence patterns.
If you are having issues receiving or viewing the texts, first check that you signed up with a cell phone number; then check for texts received from the phone number (608) 351-8040. Sometimes, phones can place texts from unknown phone numbers in a “spam” folder. To avoid future issues, we recommend saving this phone number in your contacts under “Insect Pest Text Alerts.”
Recent Text Alerts
(7/26) WI ⚠🐛 – Scout for Japanese Beetles
Japanese beetles are active in WI. They may cause quick, significant damage as they feed. Regularly scout your fields.
(6/13) WI ⚠🐛 – Scout for True Armyworm
True armyworm larvae are active in Central East WI. They may cause quick, significant damage as they grow. Regularly scout your fields.
(5/23) WI ⚠🐛 – Alfalfa Weevil Scouting Time
Alfalfa weevil is expected to impact folks in the Southern region this week (~May 22nd), next week in the Central region (~May 27th) & in the Northern region (~May 27th) — so it is time to go scout your alfalfa fields for plant damage!
(5/17) WI ⚠🐛 – Time to Scout for Black Cutworm
Black cutworm peak corn-cutting window is expected to open in the Southern region next week (~May 19th), in the Central region (~May 25th) & in the Northern region (~May 30th) — so it is time to go scout your corn fields!
Real-Time Dashboard of Insect Pest Presences Across Wisconsin
