What would you do???

[sawfly]

after reading up , maybe i overestimated numbers . i guess i freaked when i saw as many as i did.
wheat stage. the main stem has about
1/4 - 1/3 of head flowerd or anthered .
no sign of any flower on the tillers .
is it too late.
also read about densities , being higher at field edges. with the mosquitoes eating me alive even with repellent on., I did not venture too far into field.
i have not seen a sprayer moving around here. im pretty sure their midge.
i think with the price of wheat no one wants to look that hard

[Hopperbin]

After spraying too late the first time ever spraying and having a 50 percent yield reduction on the unsprayed, I would choose to spray and not afraid of spraying late if I see midge. I believe the midge somehow know when to emerge, when the time is right for them. Spraying late also kills more midge parasites I am told.

[fjlip]

It's a tough call. Three years ago never sprayed , thought wheat was flowered, half yield. Last two years sprayed and neighbors didn't, they had no yield loss. Seems wheat is only vulnerable when head is emerging, soon after, midge can't get in. Good luck, but we spent $6000 with no benefit.