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Kelly Estes

@ilpestsurvey.bsky.social
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State Ag Pest Survey Coordinator focusing on field crop insect monitoring and invasive species detection.

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Kelly Estes @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Significant #blackcutworm flight Pike County Projected potential cutting date May 21
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Kelly Estes @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trapping season is upon us & a stormy spring has brought moths north already. Significant #blackcutworm flight Macoupin County Projected potential cutting date May 13
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WARM Program at UIUC @warm-isws.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Watch out for stinkbugs! We have hit >12.7 hours of daily sunlight at more than half of the ICN stations. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
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WARM Program at UIUC @warm-isws.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The first pest map of the 2025 growing season is out and it's not good news for southern IL. Warmer temps this winter means more corn flea beetles surviving and greater chance of Stewart's wilt. @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social @prairieresearch.bsky.social
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Adam Forte @topoismyforte.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:
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Kelly Estes @ilpestsurvey.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Know a college kid interested in an internship? Send them my way! blogs.illinois.edu/view/7426/63...
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