New Mexico Chile Task Force

Insects

Insecticides: You must read and follow label directions. If in doubt, contact your crop consultant, NMDA, or NMSU.

Pre-plant and at-planting insecticides are used for two purposes:

protection of the seed and plant prior to and soon after emergence. This is particularly important following grain crops, alfalfa, and some vegetables due to the increased risk of the soil inhabiting insect pests, and
to protect the plant after emergence by the use of a systemic insecticide. Delayed emergence brought on by cool springs or frequent irrigations will significantly reduce the residual of more water-soluble insecticides.

Pest ID & Management:

Cucumber Spotted Beetle Diabrotica spp	Harlequin Bug Murgantia histrionica
Flea Beetle Epitrix spp	Beet Leafhopper Circulifer tenellus
Thrips Frankliniella occidentalis	Beet Armyworm Spodoptera exigua
Serpentine Leaf Miner Liriomyza brassicae	Wireworm
Striped Cucumber Beetle	White Flies
False Chinch Bug Nysius spp.	Cutworm

Beneficals:

Assassin Bug Hemiptera reduviidae	Damsel Bug Nabis spp.
Big Eyed Bug Geocoris spp.	Minute Pirate Bug Orius tristicolor
Ashgrey Ladybeetle	Asian Ladybeetle Harmonia axyridis
Collops Beetle	Convergent Ladybeetle
Green Lacewing Chrysoperla carnea	Syrphid Fly Diaeretiella rapae
Two Spot Ladybeetle

Specialists:

Joe Ellington
joelling@nmsu.edu
NMSU - Entomology Plant Pathology and Weed Science
PO Box 30003, MSC 3BE Las Cruces NM 88003
PHONE: 505-646-2037
WEB PAGE:
Brad E. Lewis
blewis@nmsu.edu
NMSU - Entomology Plant Pathology and Weed Science
PO Box 30003, MSC 3BE Las Cruces NM 88003
PHONE: 505-646-2828
FAX: 505-646-3541
WEB PAGE: http://taipan.nmsu.edu/eppws
Carol Ann Sutherland
csuther@nmda-bubba.nmsu.edu
NMDA-IND
PO Box 30005, MSC 3BA Las Cruces NM 88003
PHONE: 505-646-1132
FAX: 505-646-1132

Resources:

Biological Pest Control Programs in New Mexico - by Joe Ellington, Research Entomologist; Shane T. Ball, Extension Agronomy Specialist; Tracy Carrillo, Senior Research Specialist
Using Pheromones for Insect Management in New Mexico - by Charles R. Ward, Extension Entomologist
Concepts of Inegrated Pest Management (IPM) For New Mexico - *Available only in print. Click here to order
Economic Insects of Chile - by L. M. English, Extension Entomologist; Brad Lewis, Entomology Specialist, Dept. of Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science