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As the weather warms up, insects become more active. Over the past week, our team visited several parishes to check for insect pests on areas near to row crop fields. Some of these fields have already been planted with corn, while most are yet to be planted with soybean or cotton. We used sweep nets to collect insects in various vegetations including mixed grasses, white clovers, and crimson clovers at different sites in each parish.
We found redbanded stink bugs mainly in areas with crimson clover. Although we didn't find redbanded stink bugs in the sites we checked in West Carroll, Hank Jones, an agricultural consultant, has seen them in crimson clover patches he monitors in that area. Other stinkbugs, like brown and greens, were found in mixed grasses, white clovers, and crimson clovers. Tarnished plant bugs were prevalent in most areas, as were loopers. While these observations do not necessarily predict high pest pressure for the year, they highlight the importance of early and regular insect scouting.
For more information, please refer to the table below and check our field crops Louisiana Insect Pest Management Guide for control options throughout the crop season.
| Parish | Vegetation type | Redbanded stink bug | Brown stink bug | Green and Southern Green stink bug | Tarnished plant bug | Banded Cucumber beetle | Corn earworm | Threecornered alfalfa hopper | True armyworm | Looper |
| Catahoula |
Crimson clover |
6 | 6 | - | 11 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| Catahoula | Mixed grasses |
- | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Catahoula |
Mixed grasses |
- | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Catahoula |
Mixed grasses |
- | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Concordia |
Mixed grasses |
- | - | 2 | 12 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Concordia |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
2 | 3 | - | 30 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Tensas |
Mixed grasses |
- | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Tensas |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
1 | 1 | - | 11 | 15 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Tensas |
Mixed grasses |
- | 8 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| Franklin |
Crimson clover |
- | 1 | - | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | 12 |
| Franklin |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Franklin |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
3 | - | - | 15 | 1 | - | - | - | 5 |
| Franklin |
Mixed grasses |
- | - | - | 14 | 11 | - | 4 | - | 2 |
| Richland |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
- | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Richland |
Mixed grasses |
- | 1 | - | 8 | 10 | - | 22 | - | 13 |
| Morehouse |
Mixed grasses + clovers |
- | - | - | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Morehouse | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Morehouse | Mixed grasses | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| West Carroll | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | 2 | 1 | 23 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| West Carroll | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | - | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | 2 |
| East Carroll | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | - | - | 22 | - | - | - | - | - |
| East Carroll | Oats | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Madison | Mixed grasses | - | 1 | - | 25 | 3 | - | - | - | 6 |
| Madison | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | 3 | - | 36 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Rapides | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | 2 | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Rapides | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 20 |
| Rapides | Crimson clover | - | - | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Avoyelles | Mixed grasses + clovers | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Avoyelles | Crimson clover | 2 | 3 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avoyelles | Crimson clover | 15 | 8 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| Pointe Coupee | Mixed grasses | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pointe Coupee | Crimson clover | 3 | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 3 |
| LaSalle | Crimson clover | 8 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 5 | - | 3 | 6 |
| LaSalle | Crimson clover | 5 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| Winn | Crimson clover | 2 | - | - | 60 | - | 5 | - | 15 | 5 |
| Natchitoches | Crimson clover | - | - | - | 18 | - | - | - | 3 | 9 |
| Natchitoches | Crimson clover | 5 | 3 | 2 | 27 | - | 12 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
