Claire Cooke

Entomology grad student at Auburn University • Researching thrips as a vector for TSWV in peanuts 🥜

[Claire Cooke @clairysalis]

Even the cotton is celebrating Halloween this morning! 🕷🍁🕸

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Snack time!

Brown marmorated stink bug feeding on a cotton boll in Prattville, AL

#stinkbug #entomology #cotton #agriculture #insects #scouting #crops

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@jeevan_subedi It’s infected with a fungus which produces large galls, often called corn smut or huitlacoche. The scientific name of the fungus is Ustilago maydis!

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More zombie corn! 🧟‍♂️

#cornsmut #corn #agriculture #alabamaag #huitlacoche #fungus

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What a distinguished gentleman.

Leaf footed bug on corn in Headland, Alabama
#Entomology #corn #AlabamaAg #agriculture #agscience #insects

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Wow, that’s a lot of rust! Wait… why is it moving?

🔎 Spider mites on peanuts
in Headland, Alabama

#spidermites #mites #peanuts #entomology #agscience #infestation

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A good look at a predatory stink bug beside a brown marmorated stink bug! Check out those shoulder pads 👀

#stinkbug #entomology #cotton #scout #scouting #insects #agscience

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@BugStewart Only issue is it was only this one plant out of the whole field.

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Some interesting variegation I found in the field today! Doesn’t look like your typical chimera. Does anyone know what could’ve caused this?

#cotton #agriculture #scouting #scout #chimera #variegation #variegated

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Look at that damage! Stinkbug scouting with @ScottGraham72

#Cotton #StinkBug #CottonScout #Scouting #Entomology #AlabamaAg #Agriculture

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I’ve never seen twin squares before!

#cotton #flower #twins #agriculture #AlabamaAg #AgScience #Scouting

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Chonk

#Moth #Entomology #Chonk #Chunky #insect #Lepidoptera #Scouting

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@Qais5515 They’re stem feeders - sucking out the phloem of the plant 🌱

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Hm… I have a feeling these beans *might* have a little kudzu bug problem.

#Soybean #Entomology #Agriculture #AgScience #Scout #Scouting #KudzuBug

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Mushroom lady on a mini canvas 🍄

#Mushroom #Posca #acrylicpainting #decay #canvas #fern #gold

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@magneticdynamo @thebiologistisn Yum!

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Corn smut, caused by the fungus Ustilago maydis

Also called Zombie Corn (by me and maybe two other people) 🧟‍♂️

#cornsmut #huitlacoche #corn #fieldcorn #agriculture #agscience #plantpathology

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@alejandrokllm I haven’t! But I definitely want to.

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@Antony_kigaru I am! My research is on thrips as a vector for TSWV across 3 plant dates, 3 varieties, and treated/not treated with orthene.

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Tomato spotted wilt virus in peanuts 🥜

#TSWV #TomatoSpottedWiltVirus #Peanuts #AlabamaAg #Virus #Thrips #AgScience