Weird Bugs to Watch: Spotted lanternfly, Asiatic garden beetle could threaten ag
Story Date: 6/4/2018

 

Source: Emily Unglesbee, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 5/31/18

Global trade has been a boon to U.S. farmers, but it's also turned many insects into international hitchhikers, packing an appetite for American row crops. This year, two invasive pests are worth watching, entomologists told DTN. The Asiatic garden beetle has been a U.S. resident for a century, but it's now developing a taste for corn roots.

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