Though their life cycles differ, soybean aphids and bean leaf beetles can both pose significant threats to emerging soybeans due to the timing of their own emergence. Although the first bean leaf ...

DECORAH, Iowa -- There; may not seem like there'd be a market for insect perfume, but it could become popular if it reduces soybean aphid numbers. Decorah farmer John Rodecap is cooperating with Rick ...

AMES, Iowa — At a chalkboard in his office, Rana Parshad draws a vertical y-axis for aphids and a horizontal x-axis for time. Under an exponential growth model, the associate professor of mathematics ...

Some insects prey on or parasitize other insects. The participants are so tiny we don't often witness their life-and-death struggles. When we actually see "good bugs" cleaning up on "bad bugs" though, ...

Does it ever seem that you look at one of the plants in your garden and it’s totally fine, and then the next time you look at it, it’s covered with aphids? That could be because aphid populations can ...

You can find Part 1 of this series here. We ended the last blog post with the discovery of a clump of ladybug eggs on a stem of aphid-infested goldenrod. A ladybug laid her eggs on an aphid-infested ...