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Region 5 | June 19, 2025 | Champaign

Nick Seiter
nseiter@illinois.edu

Caption: Grape colaspis injury across a field near Mt. Auburn
Caption: A plant stunted by grape colaspis feeding and showing P-deficiency symptoms due to ineffective root system.
Caption: Close-up of grape colaspis larvae; each is a little over 1/8″ long.
SYNOPSIS

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to visit a field with probably the worst grape colaspis injury I have seen. Note the phosphorus deficiency symptoms on the lower leaves of many plants and the aggregated nature of the injured plants. Usually, we see this in fairly isolated areas of a field—often at the high points—and several nearby fields had this more limited injury. But in this particular case, much of the field was affected. When you see this kind of injury above ground, dig up the plant and look for larvae, which resemble tiny white grubs. Some plants in this field had as many as eight or nine larvae on them, and we found at least one pupa. These should cycle out into adulthood soon.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES CURRENT CONDITIONS IN THIS COUNTY?
Mildly Wet (soil is wetter than normal, local vegetation is healthy)