Terri Billeisen
@TheTerriBee
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Turf Entomologist🪲, Proud Member of the Wolfpack 🐺, Raleighite 🌳, Boilermaker 🚂 Extension Specialist/Director of Undergrad Programs, DEPP, NCSU
Raleigh, NC
Joined June 2009
The Six Steps of Soapy Water Sampling courtesy of my Snap Story last weekend. Good way to sample for all kinds of turf insects 🐛👏🏼
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📰Join me next Wednesday (7/15) at 3pm to talk all things fire ants and fall armyworms for the Forage & Grassland Management Webinar Series hosted by @miguelscastillo! Registration:
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Come see the “show” and learn tons in the meanwhile!.
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Fall armyworm season is not over yet. Tune in for a webinar on all things armyworms this Wednesday!.
Join Terri Billeisen @TheTerriBee of @NCSUentomology for a #TurfNetUniversity webinar on 9/18 on fall armyworm management. Click here to register
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Fall armyworms going strong. egg masses everywhere! Don't forget to add a pin to the tracking map! (
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RT @NCTurfBreeding: LAST CHANCE to register! Learn from the experts and get pesticide credits. @NCTurfgrass @TheTurfZone @CarolinasGCSA Reg….
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Colleagues have told me my office looks like a jail cell on Zoom. 🤦♀️.
Armyworms brought by Tropical Storm Debby wreaking havoc on homeowners
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Testing out a new, self-reporting Fall Armyworm Map – (. Please use the current date as the "Entry Name" so that we can track populations over time. Thank you to those who have already added pins!.
ncturfbugs.wordpress.ncsu.edu
Use this interactive self-reporting map to report when and where fall armyworm activity and damage occurs across the region. Users can create pins to share and track real-time data. Contribute your…
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Fall armyworm QOTD: Can they move from infested turf to neighboring ornamentals? Yes, they sure can. They prefer grasses but will feed on all aboveground parts of herbaceous ornamentals. Liquid products for pyrethroids (short-term), diamides provide longer window of protection.
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🚨Fall armyworms are no joke, y'all. Hitting NC hard and fast after Debby. Keep an eye out for egg masses, caterpillars and be sure to soap flush. Pyrethroids for immediate control, diamides for long-term.
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RT @turfbutler: Tropical storm aftermath thoughts to consider with regard to fungicides and disease management @KernsJim . .
turfpathology.ces.ncsu.edu
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RT @NCTurfBreeding: Registration for the Sandhills Turfgrass Conference and Field Day is open! Sep 4th 8-12. If you can’t come to the Lake….
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Fall armyworm egg masses everywhere right now. They darken as they get closer to egg hatch. Excessive rainfall may slow them down for a bit but once the storm moves through, expect activity to increase quickly and substantially.
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RT @KernsJim: With the forecasted rain, if you haven’t done so already, it is a good idea to get some Pythium and leaf spot protection down….
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Congratulations to Dr. Laurie Hamon on her manuscript acceptance and our lab's most recent publication! 🥳🎉Credit to Lauren Kilpatrick for the incredible amount of insect sampling and site preparation.
The Impact of Wildflower Habitat on Insect Functional Group Abundance in Turfgrass Systems.📚included in the Special Issue "Pollinator Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services".👉Access the paper: .#mdpiinsects #Pollinator.
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RT @NCTurfBreeding: 2024 Turfgrass Field Day is only 5 weeks away 😱🥳 A, L, N, D & X NCDA & CS Pesticide Credits galore, lots of educational….
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RT @NCTurfBreeding: 🔉🎶It’s the most wonderful time of the yeeeaaarrrrrr 🎵 Registration open at 👉 @NCTurfgrass @Caro….
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🚨White grub preventive app time in Bertie and Lee counties and surrounding areas! (
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