Variant western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (LeConte)) was detected in southwest Michigan in 1997. Economic root damage is now common in rotated corn (Zea mays) in several counties near the Indiana border. Anecdotal evidence suggests that variant behavior and damage has since moved further into Michigan. In 2007, we surveyed eleven field pairs for adult beetles and larval feeding. A field pair consisted of a first-year cornfield and a neighboring soybean field. Cornfields were sampled weekly using emergence cages, yellow sticky traps, and visual plant counts. In August, ten roots per cornfield were dug, washed, and rated for larval damage. Soybean fields were sampled weekly using yellow sticky traps and a sweep net. The survey confirmed the presence of large numbers of adult rootworms in soybean, and economic levels of larval damage (root pruning) on rotated corn, in field pairs in central Michigan. The same, plus additional, field pairs will be sampled in 2008 and 2009. Survey results will be used to modify existing rootworm management strategies in Michigan.