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Ground-nesting bees: Mounds for Days

Does this look familiar? I’ve received A LOT of questions this month about these mounds with pencil eraser-sized holes appearing in the landscape. More often...

Chinch Bugs are out!

Chinch bugs have been increasing in numbers the last two weeks and are causing noticeable damage in warm-season lawns. Chinch bugs are tiny insects that...

Japanese Beetle Flight on the Rise

We observed significant increases of Japanese beetle adults at half of our tracking sites (Bertie, Edgecombe, Wake, Lee, Montgomery, and Henderson counties) this week. This...

Japanese Beetle Alert

It’s official, Japanese beetle adults are active in North Carolina. We have been tracking these insects for about three weeks through our Insect Pest Tracking...

NEW: Turfgrass Insect Pest Tracking Maps

Starting Summer 2022, we are operating a network of collaborators across the state to help monitor for key turfgrass insect pests. This year, we will...

Fall Armyworms in 2021

Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Us It Was Going to Happen? Dr. Rick Brandenburg Similar to 2020, the year 2021 brought us a lot of surprises...