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  • cereal farming; combine
    cereal farming
    / Insects

    …evidence of attacks from the wheat bug (Aelia and Eurygaster species). The eggs are laid in the spring, and the new generation appears in the summer. When the wheat is harvested, the bugs leave the stubble field and migrate to nearby foliage for the winter. Wheat bugs puncture the grain…

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    …evidence of attacks from the wheat bug (Aelia and Eurygaster species). The eggs are laid in the spring, and the new generation appears in the summer. When the wheat is harvested, the bugs leave the stubble field and migrate to nearby foliage for the winter. Wheat bugs puncture the grain…

    Read More