Kelly Estes
@ilpestsurvey.bsky.social
State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator focusing on field crop insect monitoring and invasive species detection.
April 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Trapping season is upon us & a stormy spring has brought moths north already.
Significant #blackcutworm flight
Macoupin County
Projected potential cutting date May 13
Significant #blackcutworm flight
Macoupin County
Projected potential cutting date May 13
April 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Trapping season is upon us & a stormy spring has brought moths north already.
Significant #blackcutworm flight
Macoupin County
Projected potential cutting date May 13
Significant #blackcutworm flight
Macoupin County
Projected potential cutting date May 13
Reposted by Kelly Estes
Watch out for stinkbugs! We have hit >12.7 hours of daily sunlight at more than half of the ICN stations. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Watch out for stinkbugs! We have hit >12.7 hours of daily sunlight at more than half of the ICN stations. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly Estes
The first pest map of the 2025 growing season is out and it's not good news for southern IL. Warmer temps this winter means more corn flea beetles surviving and greater chance of Stewart's wilt. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The first pest map of the 2025 growing season is out and it's not good news for southern IL. Warmer temps this winter means more corn flea beetles surviving and greater chance of Stewart's wilt. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
Reposted by Kelly Estes
Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:
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February 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:
Know a college kid interested in an internship? Send them my way! blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/63...
February 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Know a college kid interested in an internship? Send them my way! blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/63...