Armyworms are a recurring threat to hay and silage crops in southern Victoria, with potential to cause significant crop damage if left unchecked.
Tag: Pest Control
Cricket Bait for Victorian farmers
Cricket Bait is an insecticide treated grain product for the control of black field crickets in pasture. Black field crickets pose a insect pest threat to newly sown and established grass pastures over the late summer and autumn period. Cricket Bait is highly palatable and has a rapid knockdown effect on the target pest. PASTURE LOSSES A field population of 20 crickets/m2 could cause a pasture loss of 1600 kg DM/ha in 98 days. The actual loss in anyone season could, however, be as low as 860 kg DM/ha or as high as 2450 kg DM/ha depending on availability of feed (Blank, 1985). Severely defoliated ryegrass plants will be slow and many plant can die. Cricket-damaged pasture that do recover […]
Diagnosis of pasture damage by symptoms
Diagnosis of pasture damage by symptoms, including damage from blackheaded cockchafers, redlegged earthmite, lucerne flea and armyworm