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By Lucy Wyndham Farmers in northern Dakota are now facing a new threat to their canola crops: a pest called the canola flower midge, also known scientifically as the Contarinia Brassicola. Canola flower midges have been found in the canola crops in the northern area of Dakota; they lay their larvae onto the canola plants, which can potentially drastically reduce the yield of the crop. This can greatly affect farmers’ livelihoods, particularly if they rely mostly on the canola plant for their income. How was the pest found, and where did it come from? Canola flower midges were found in Northern Dakota by deploying survey traps during the year 2020, and they show no sign of leaving. A total of 10 traps were used across seven counties, and six out of 10 trap sites found positive matches for the pest in five counties. 10 pheromone lures from the hotspots in Canada were also used to monitor the midge situation in Northern Dakota, according to professor and entomologist J ....