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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...

Fall Armyworm Q&A

This has been an exceptionally busy year for fall armyworms so far and reports of damage are more numerous and widespread than what we have...

Fall Armyworms Alert

Fall armyworms (FAW) are here and starting to cause significant damage in some parts of the state. FAW activity in NC generally ranges from late...

Ground Pearl Crawlers!

If you’re familiar with ground pearls, you may normally envision small, pearl-like cysts or slightly larger pink females (Fig. 1, 2) found in turfgrass attached...