Make use of the Scouting Guides freely available on the Field Heroes website. Each guide includes valuable information and photos to help identify the contents valuable arthropods occurring in field crops.
Have you seen the "Check the Net" infographics that helps growers understand just how many organisms are present in cereals, oilseeds, and pulses and that ONLY A SMALL PROPORTION are considered economic pests? A great many of the other insects, spiders, and mites are beneficial organisms that work to regulate crop pests! Protect and enhance their impact on crop pests by performing in-field assessments and use economic thresholds to help decide when control is warranted and find out more about the Cereal Avengers, Oilseed Avengers and Pulse Avengers!
Link here to access a complete list of all the PPMN Blog Posts related to Natural Enemies!
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Thanks to Western Grains Research Foundation for their support of this important campaign. This initiative has been made possible through the support and advice of enthusiastic members of the Prairie Pest Monitoring Network.
