Since April 2025, southern Texas pasture and hay producers have been fighting the pasture mealy bug. The Department of Entomology and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service have been working diligently to identify this new pest and to work towards solutions for landowners.
Extension Specialist and Associate Department Head for the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University, David Kerns, Ph.D. leads a team of students searching for pasture mealybugs on Thursday, May 14, 2026 in College Station, Texas. (Hannah Harrison/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Images and additional details about the Pasture Mealybug can be found in the following publication: The Pasture Mealybug
For additional information and for reporting the pasture mealybug in fields please contact your local County Extension agent.
Vanessa Corriher-Olson, Forage Extension Specialist, Soil & Crop Sciences, Overton, TX
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Texas A&M University System