QUIZ -Stranger things

August 11, 2026

Five photos of interesting and unusual finds in fields and farms this week. Are they all pests?

1. Grasshoppers are feeding on crops in some parts of the Prairies. Within the population of grasshoppers are a lot of species (grasshoppers and lookalikes) that do not actually eat much crop and are not considered pests. What is the hopper in this photo?

Katydid
2. This is a dead bertha armyworm. What killed it?

Dead bertha armyworm
3. Tyler Wist, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada insect specialist, shared this pod on a tour last week and asked why it was unusual. Why is it unusual?

Three exit holes 
4. What happened to these seeds?

Hail - shrivelled seeds
5. What is this?

Tiger moth caterpillar

 

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