The orange wheat blossom midge Sitodiplosis mosellana is found in most areas of the world, including the Canadian Prairies and the northern United States.  |  Gilles San Martin/Flickr photo

Wheat midge predators find new home in Montana

A wheat midge outbreak in Montana recently sent two entomologists on a cross-border hunting trip into Saskatchewan. Gadi Reddy and Brian Thompson of Montana State University were collecting parasitoid wasps in Saskatchewan wheat fields to take back and release in the state’s wheat producing areas. “Around six years ago we started to get wheat midge […] Read more