BOZEMAN, Mont. -- Montana State University says it might have an answer to a $100-million-a-year problem for the state's wheat farmers. Researchers report they've identified an insecticide to kill ...

Sawflies are ravenous insects that feed on a wide variety of landscape trees, shrubs, and conifers. “They are actually not flies. They get their name from the saw-like ovipositor which they use to cut ...

Wheat stem sawfly is a native insect that feeds on grasses in Colorado. The insect was first identified by entomologists in Colorado around the late 1800’s and primarily fed on range grasses. However, ...

Gardeners know that amidst the promises of each new growing season come its challenges, usually in the form of weather or pests. A common insect pest this time of year are sawfly larvae, which feed on ...

BOZEMAN, Mont. — Researchers at Montana State University published new research about stem sawflies, which cost agricultural producers millions annually. Doctoral student Jackson Strand, master’s ...

One University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team is exploring a unique tactic for combatting Nebraska’s wheat stem sawfly woes. A native to Nebraska, the wheat stem sawfly has become a big problem for ...

RICHARDTON, N.D. -- Vern Tormaschy was putting on anhydrous ammonia, preparing ground for the Mott variety of spring wheat in 2012. Going to Mott is a strategy that worked in 2011 after losing half of ...

Dropping soon onto a patio near you ... let me introduce the ash sawfly. Or maybe you’ve already been introduced to this insect; your Nebraska Extension office has been getting questions about this ...

Starting next week, crews will fan out through Worcester County and the rest of Massachusetts to look for the invasive elm zigzag sawfly that’s a threat to the survival of elm trees. Crews will ...