blog posts The cornfield death march Nov 3, 2016 12:30 pm by Joseph Spencer, Insect Behaviorist, Illinois Natural History SurveyResearch Share on Facebook Tweet Email Early in the season, undergraduate student Joe Griffin paused while placing traps to catch western corn rootworm beetles. The team had hoped for a better season than they got. Images So here we are, drenched in sweat, and only two-thirds of the way to finishing the task at hand...the dew point is in the upper 70s and my phone app tells me that the heat index is well north of 100 degrees. Share on Facebook Tweet Email
