Spread serradella pod through some perennials about 4 years ago, looking good this year

Watch all the action from our recent #ADAMAAustraliaMotorbikeCropTrialsTour in WA. With over 25 agronomists and growers riding alongside the ADAMA Australia team combining their passion for crop trials and all things motorbikes, this really was a trial tour with a difference! #trials

Our #2WheelTrialTour is back! Three action-packed days of motorbike trails, trial site visits & camping in the Avon Valley Region of WA. Spaces are limited so register your interest now: ow.ly/jubd50uEyyN Check out the action from last year’s tour: ow.ly/xltQ50uEyyM

Budworm are cannibals; We picked up this guy at Northam this week, then caught him munching down on his cousin. Adding the sound of a cat eating in the background really helps bring home the massacre. #pestfax Dusty Severtson Cindy Webster

Found in an oat trial at Northam; a Western Scorpion fly using an unlucky budworm to attract a female. While the female is feeding, the male will attempt to mate with her. Thanks to the team at MyPestGuide reporter for helping me identify this one. agric.wa.gov.au/apps/mypestgui…

Drone set for takeoff to release predator beneficial insects on the corn crop behind to control the pest insects

We found a some budworm and predatory shield bugs on flowering radish. An attack on a full sized caterpillar failed then success with a smaller one. Two tubes (maxillae), 1 pumps saliva into the budworm, dissolving its insides the other sucks it back up. DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock @DPIRDWA

Planfarm's Richard Quinlan and Nick McKenna helping us CCDM to set up spore traps from Christiaan Valentine at a septoria nodorum/yellow spot hot spot in Geraldton!

Guts of the auto slide changer Christiaan Valentine

Spore traps set up around the eastern wheatbelt to look at spot type net blotch (STNB) spore release from barley stubble 🌱🔬 #ProtectingWACrops DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock GRDC West

We installed a pair of Bioscout automated spore monitors at South Stirlings last week. Thanks to the Team BioScout for coming over and setting these up. These will capture daily data and identify any disease buildup in the region. iMapPESTS DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock

Automated trapviews for DBM and Heliothus along with some manually monitored traps installed at the farming systems trial at Dryland Research Institute Merredin as part of our surveillance network.Grace Williams

Brown lacewing, we are finding a few more of these now the weather is warming up. They are reported to eat up to 100 aphids a day, although this lady slowed down after devouring 2. So I've left her in a jar with 100 aphids to see how she does over the weekend. DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock

Amber Balfour-Cunningham Amber BC comparing budworm pupae development in lupins and wheat. Unlike Diamondback moth which pupate in mesh cocoons on the plant, budworm pupate in the soil. Notice it trying to bury itself when uncovered. GRDC DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock

Weekly budworm moth flights from our trapping network - June to now. Get those sweepnets out and consider traditional thresholds to be on the low end with the current grain prices. More info in this weeks #PestFax, iMapPESTS DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock GRDC West

Looking at you "Dongara Weevil". Using UV powder to watch how these elusive pests behave.

Head down and finding canola damage at Mingenew. The Dongara Weevil will chew on the hypocotyl at or just below the surface. tickle the soil and they will play dead if found, but get up and start moving within a minute. Mingenew Irwin Group DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock GRDC

There's a mysterious weevil damaging crops in the Mid West. Great to get out to Mingenew and put this all together in one day. Shoutout to Christiaan Valentine helping me get some wonderful macro shots of the little guys. 7NEWS Regional WA DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock Mingenew Irwin Group Murdoch University

Our Glasshouse population of Dongara Weevils are giving us a pretty good idea of why they like cracking clay and why they are a pain to find in the field. Ben McTaggart GRDC West DPIRD Broadacre - WA Grains & Livestock

🎙️ NEW PODCAST In this podcast, Christiaan Valentine from WA's @dpirdbroadacre shares the latest insights on the newly-named Dongara weevil's distribution and management. Listen now ▶️ bit.ly/3Y5feqr #GRDCPodcast #CropProtection #DongaraWeevil