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Field Heroes

@fieldheroes

Providing tools for growers and agronomists to identify the most common beneficial insects found across western Canada.

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CropLife Canada (@croplifecanada) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🐝 Happy #WorldBeeDay! Canada had 829,120 honey bee colonies in 2024—up 2.4%! Pollinators are vital to food production. In 🇨🇦, crops like canola & blueberries benefit from healthy pollinator populations. Learn more: canada.ca/en/health-cana…

🐝 Happy #WorldBeeDay!
Canada had 829,120 honey bee colonies in 2024—up 2.4%!
Pollinators are vital to food production. In 🇨🇦, crops like canola & blueberries benefit from healthy pollinator populations.
Learn more: canada.ca/en/health-cana…
Shelley Barkley 🐞🦋📷🐛 (@megarhyssa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AB pea leaf weevil survey is full steam ahead! Finished up Cypress, Cardston, Forty Mile and Warner. Working in Pincher Creek and Willow Creek today. If you have pea fields in either these municipalities, I’d appreciate a field I could visit. DM me! #abbugs25

Field Heroes (@fieldheroes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're excited to have this new Resource Guide for educators 🐞 This interactive guide connects educators with engaging activities designed to inspire students to think differently about beneficial insects. Check it out here: fieldheroes.ca/educators/

Parrish & Heimbecker, Ltd (@parrishheimbeck) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Biodiversity helps ensure a healthy future. We can do our part by identifying beneficial insects in our fields so that they can thrive. Visit Field Heroes before crop scouting this season: fieldheroes.ca

Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity. Biodiversity helps ensure a healthy future. We can do our part by identifying beneficial insects in our fields so that they can thrive. Visit <a href="/FieldHeroes/">Field Heroes</a> before crop scouting this season: fieldheroes.ca
SaskBarley (@saskbarley) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you subscribed to the in-season updates from the PPMN? Get weekly crop insect and wind forecasts, risk maps and protocols and stay on top of pests this season: prairiepest.ca #SaskAg #PestManagement #Subscribe #AgResources #SustainableFarming #Spray25

Have you subscribed to the in-season updates from the PPMN? Get weekly crop insect and wind forecasts, risk maps and protocols and stay on top of pests this season: prairiepest.ca

#SaskAg #PestManagement #Subscribe #AgResources #SustainableFarming #Spray25
Field Heroes (@fieldheroes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you ordered your Field Guide yet? Make sure you have it on hand this season so you can ID the beneficial insects working hard in your field! fieldheroes.ca/fieldguide/ 🔌 by WGRF

Have you ordered your Field Guide yet? 

Make sure you have it on hand this season so you can ID the beneficial insects working hard in your field! 

fieldheroes.ca/fieldguide/

🔌 by <a href="/westerngrains/">WGRF</a>
Canola Growers (@canolagrowers) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bees and canola go together like… well, bees and canola. From an agricultural background, this might seem like a simple comparison, however, those who do not have firsthand experience with agriculture do not know that the relationship between canola farmers and beekeepers is

Bees and canola go together like… well, bees and canola. From an agricultural background, this might seem like a simple comparison, however, those who do not have firsthand experience with agriculture do not know that the relationship between canola farmers and beekeepers is
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers (@saskpulse) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pests such as insects and disease can cause yield losses and reduce grain quality. Know which pests to watch for and the optimal time to scout for them: ow.ly/Vje350VRSfl

Pests such as insects and disease can cause yield losses and reduce grain quality. Know which pests to watch for and the optimal time to scout for them: ow.ly/Vje350VRSfl
Callum Morrison (@callummorrisons) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Attention Manitoba growers! If you’re growing corn, wheat, canola, soybeans, alfalfa, or peas, help Manitoba Agriculture track crop threats with minimal effort on your part & make a big impact! Express your interest here: forms.gle/797AeQeCYbmwag…

Dan Johnson (@danjohnsonab) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Malachius aeneus, Scarlet Malachite Beetle (family Melyridae, soft-winged flower beetles), a predator of insects in crops. May 27, 2025, from roadside next to a wheat field near Lethbridge, AB. Take off, eh! Field Heroes

Malachius aeneus, Scarlet Malachite Beetle (family Melyridae, soft-winged flower beetles), a predator of insects in crops. May 27, 2025, from roadside next to a wheat field near Lethbridge, AB. Take off, eh!

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Shelley Barkley 🐞🦋📷🐛 (@megarhyssa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Any one have pea field in Special Area 4? I put on a lot of miles here today and have only 1 field to show for it. this survey will break experienced surveyors! Dm me if you can help out

Field Heroes (@fieldheroes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're bringing the field to your classroom!🤓 This interactive guide connects educators with engaging activities that inspire students to think differently about beneficial insects. 🐞🪰 Check it out here: fieldheroes.ca/educators/

Shelley Barkley 🐞🦋📷🐛 (@megarhyssa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our pea leaf weevil is progressing well! Yay! if you live in Red Deer County and north, we still have opportunities for you to have us visit your field. We could use your help...DM me for details. #abbugs25

Field Heroes (@fieldheroes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What beneficial insect preys on the bertha armyworm? 🤔 Watch as Nevin - Sustainability and Government Relations discusses the powerful parasitoid banchus flavescens as a natural enemy. 🔌 by WGRF #westcdnag

PCDMN (@pcdmn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

2025 Prairie Cereal Rust Risk Report (May 20-26, 2025) prairiecropdisease.com/2025/05/30/202… #PCDMN helping to support #WestCdnAg #plant25

Shelley Barkley 🐞🦋📷🐛 (@megarhyssa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I have sad news for you...pest species of hoppers have been hatching for a while. Dan Johnson has been reporting (May 25) that Two-striped are at 1-3 instar. ☹️

Canola Council of Canada (@canolacouncil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Scouting often and applying flea beetle controls based on the action threshold of 25% defoliation will reduce flea beetle risk. Check out these tips from CW Jay Whetter to help improve your foliar spray efficacy: canolacouncil.org/canola-watch/f…

Scouting often and applying flea beetle controls based on the action threshold of 25% defoliation will reduce flea beetle risk. Check out these tips from <a href="/CanolaWatch/">CW Jay Whetter</a> to help improve your foliar spray efficacy: canolacouncil.org/canola-watch/f…
Field Heroes (@fieldheroes) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have you downloaded our Field Guide yet? ➡️fieldheroes.ca/fieldguide/ Have it on hand this season and quickly ID beneficial insects like the rove beetle - found on page 34. Take a look and avoid using broad-spectrum insecticides. #westcdnag #agtwitter