A number of you have checked in about large numbers of larvae and or butterflies that haven't been very common in the past years. We find them a lot on cheeseweed (Malva), but there is some damage on berries as you can see from the pictures below.
Sometimes what seems so obvious from the isolated heights of the ivory tower is not so obvious for those working in the field. In a query which is far from the first time, I had a question submitted over the weekend over whether worms emerging from strawberry fruit were LBAM.
Those of you familiar with my program of research and extension are aware of my rising interest in developing a protocol for consistent treatment separation in Botrytis gray mold fungicide work.
If you don't like writing, you are in distinguished company. This past weekend, I read a most interesting comment from Peggy Noonan, who writes a weekly column for the Wall Street Journal and used to write speeches for Ronald Reagan.
