Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors
Volume 17, Number 21, September 6, 2002

The information and recommendations in this newsletter are applicable to North Carolina and may not apply in other areas.

Insect Trap Data

From: Thomas G. Pegram, Agricultural Extension Agent, Union County

Light Trap Data From Anson, Stanly and Union Counties

****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Anson N Anson S Stanly Union S Union N ******* ******* ******* ******* ******* Date CWB SB CWB SB CWB SB CWB SB CWB SB ****************************************************************** July 8 10 - 2 2 7 10 0 0 July 10 7 4 6 2 13 7 1 3 July 12 11 - 5 2 14 5 4 2 July 15 - 12 18 11 1 26 22 4 9 July 17 - 8 10 24 15 20 13 14 3 July 19 - 10 6 23 12 19 11 21 5 July 22 25 0 11 4 13 5 40 12 16 3 July 24 41 1 8 4 9 7 71 10 6 2 July 26 53 2 15 2 16 5 52 5 11 7 July 29 145 2 58 63 52 20 165 12 107 24 July 31 97 1 19 6 45 31 237 19 52 11 August 2 59 1 13 3 21 12 142 210 7 0 August 5 41 3 15 10 5 8 142 11 20 7 August 7 24 0 5 6 18 18 185 9 14 2 August 9 3 0 5 0 6 3 95 2 16 8 August 12 21 0 16 4 51 23 165 0 13 9 August 14 45 0 14 9 71 39 230 0 9 5 August 16 50 0 6 15 32 27 210 0 22 13 August 19 74 3 27 4 74 36 185 1 57 7 August 21 18 1 9 1 47 22 240 0 21 4 August 23 42 2 10 5 35 26 205 0 16 4 August 26 50 0 38 2 42 24 80 0 8 2 August 28 75 0 14 4 21 2 107 0 9 4 August 30 35 0 18 6 7 3 - - 8 1 ****************************************************************** CWB = cotton bollworm moths; SB = stink bugs Trap locations (Cooperators): Anson N = Ansonville area (Finsher Martin) Anson S = Deep Creek area (Boyd Collins) Stanly = Albemarle area (Doug Bowers) Union N = Unionville area (Gene Alexander) Union S = White Store area (Greg Hargett)

From: Steven D. Gregory, Area Specialized Agent-Cotton, Craven, Jones, Lenoir and Onslow Counties

Light Trap Data From Craven, Jones and Onslow Counties

Trap Location: Roy and Ward McCoy Farms, Craven County
Monitored by: Lynn Register

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Date CEW TBW THW ECB GSB ************************************************* July 8 0 0 0 0 0 July 11 39 0 17 7 2 July 12 17 0 4 11 0 July 15 51 0 9 7 3 July 17 127 0 14 3 2 July 19 242 0 21 6 4 July 22 259 1 4 3 0 July 24 278 2 7 9 2 July 26 211 0 2 3 1 July 29 1,219 3 21 13 5 July 31 664 0 13 6 1 August 1 707 1 4 4 4 August 2 230 0 4 1 0 August 5 810 1 16 21 2 August 7 161 0 15 15 1 August 9 33 0 11 9 0 August 12 39 2 20 8 0 August 15 97 0 18 9 1 August 19 112 1 43 13 2 August 21 59 0 32 6 4 August 26 170 0 71 10 August 29 141 1 47 7 2 *************************************************

Trap Location: Comfort, Jones County
Monitored by: Morris Pike

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Date CEW TBW THW ECB GSB ************************************************* July 8 3 0 9 5 5 July 10 5 0 10 9 5 July 12 15 1 16 5 3 July 15 12 0 19 5 4 July 17 35 2 7 12 12 July 19 134 1 7 20 14 July 22 52 1 1 2 3 July 24 51 3 2 5 2 July 26 126 2 4 7 2 July 29 780 3 12 8 July 31 1,130 0 15 3 August 2 205 2 2 3 August 5 210 1 0 0 2 August 7 12 0 0 0 1 August 9 3 0 0 0 0 August 12 20 2 0 2 1 August 14 20 1 0 1 0 August 16 23 1 0 2 1 August 19 30 1 6 4 1 August 21 50 2 9 6 2 August 23 20 8 0 2 1 August 26 58 0 0 2 2 August 28 65 1 0 1 1 August 30 75 1 0 1 1 *************************************************

Trap Location: Pleasant Hill, Jones County
Monitored by: Karen Pike

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Date CEW TBW THW ECB GSB ************************************************* August 5 33 0 0 0 1 August 7 23 0 0 0 1 August 9 8 1 0 0 1 August 12 32 1 0 1 1 August 14 41 1 0 1 1 August 16 85 1 1 1 1 August 19 25 15 0 0 2 August 21 65 25 1 0 1 August 23 88 65 0 0 1 *************************************************

Trap Location: Gary Hardison Farms, Richlands, Onslow County
Monitored by: Reggie Murphey

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Date CEW TBW THW ECB GSB ************************************************* July 8 3 0 9 5 5 July 10 5 0 10 9 5 July 12 15 1 13 3 3 July 15 7 0 0 0 2 July 17 9 1 0 0 9 July 19 52 1 1 0 4 July 22 106 5 2 0 5 July 24 75 0 0 0 0 July 26 266 0 0 0 3 July 29 117 0 2 0 3 July 31 382 4 1 0 14 August 2 128 2 1 0 2 August 5 129 0 0 0 4 August 7 28 1 2 0 2 August 9 15 3 1 3 0 August 12 18 0 3 0 0 August 14 36 2 1 0 0 August 16 25 0 2 0 5 August 19 110 2 9 0 3 August 21 93 0 9 0 0 August 23 22 0 5 0 1 August 26 33 0 10 0 4 August 28 20 0 2 0 0 August 30 15 0 2 0 0 ************************************************* CEW = corn earworms; TBW = tobacco budworms; THW = tobacco hornworms; ECB = European corn borers; GSB = green stink bugs

From: Bryant M. Spivey, Agricultural Extension Agent, Duplin County

Light Trap Data From Duplin County

Trap Location: Beautancus, North Carolina
Cooperators: Vic and Teresa Swinson

********************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ********************************************* European Green Brown Date Bollworms corn borers stink bugs stink bugs ********************************************************* July 5 0 0 8 0 July 8 13 16 11 1 July 10 31 33 8 1 July 12 67 12 10 0 July 15 127 11 8 5 July 17 137 16 3 0 July 19 403 79 7 0 July 22 410 18 9 0 July 24 193 14 1 0 July 26 923 17 7 0 July 29 1,210 14 25 0 July 31 194 27 20 0 August 2 190 10 1 0 August 5 174 9 0 0 August 7 67 0 3 0 August 9 10 1 0 0 August 12 44 18 0 0 August 14 305 214 4 0 August 16 142 180 1 0 August 19 258 140 6 0 August 21 258 131 10 0 August 23 258 170 5 0 August 26 384 60 19 0 August 28 0 0 0 0 August 30 194 0 10 0 ********************************************************* Cotton Bollworm, European Corn Borer, Green Stink Bug, and Brown Stink Bug counts are from a single black-light trap located approximately 5 miles east of Faison, North Carolina.

From: Arthur R. Bradley, Jr., Agricultural Extension Agent, Edgecombe County

Light Trap Data From Edgecombe County

**************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************************** West Edgecombe /a Coakley /b Conetoe /c ***************** *********** ***************** Date CEW ECB STB CEW STB CEW STB ECB **************************************************************** July 12 0 0 0 27 21 - - - July 15 10 1 0 10 6 - - - July 17 13 8 3 5 2 - - - July 19 7 10 6 8 4 - - - July 22 31 13 4 15 4 - - - July 24 21 10 1 27 5 68 10 1 July 26 76 12 1 115 5 115 8 4 July 29 86 8 6 230 29 387 6 19 July 31 55 37 6 149 13 420 9 8 August 2 42 32 0 173 1 240 3 2 August 5 66 13 0 174 1 275 0 3 August 7 48 27 1 128 2 115 2 1 August 9 10 15 0 25 0 17 1 1 August 12 67 16 0 72 6 165 2 2 August 14 141 23 0 158 4 286 3 1 August 16 57 14 1 99 12 160 4 7 August 19 56 35 0 270 5 175 6 2 August 21 62 41 0 156 2 72 3 2 August 23 45 60 1 77 0 83 2 7 August 26 - - - 110 4 - - - August 28 144 18 1 217 3 - - - August 30 165 150 1 89 3 - - - **************************************************************** Abbreviations: CEW = corn earworms; ECB = European corn borers; STB = stink bugs a = West Edgecombe trap is located 14 miles west of Tarboro; maintained by Carolyn Lancaster. b = Coakley trap located 5 miles east of Tarboro; maintained by Charles Coker. c = Conetoe trap is located approximately 6 miles east of Tarboro; monitored by Brandon Wilson, Whitehurst Farms.

From: Arthur Whitehead, Jr., Agricultural Extension Agent, Halifax County

Light Trap Data From Halifax County

********************************************************** Number of Corn Earworm Moths ******************************************** Scotland Date Hobgood Enfield Neck Halifax Weldon ********************************************************** July 22 72 20 17 - - July 24 51 15 19 - 17 July 26 120 - 41 - 35 July 29 310 - 82 62 52 July 31 179 26 46 134 33 August 2 110 84 66 76 35 August 5 61 70 36 93 40 August 7 35 42 52 25 August 9 10 18 30 **********************************************************

From: Alan Harper, Lenoir County

Light Trap Data From Lenoir County

May ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** May 30 -- Trap Erected -- May 31 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ****************************************************************** June ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** June 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 12 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 13 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 June 14 0 1 4 1 0 1 0 0 June 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 16 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 17 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 June 18 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 June 19 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 20 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 June 21 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 June 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 23 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 June 24 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 25 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 26 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 June 27 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 28 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 June 29 0 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 June 30 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 1 ****************************************************************** July ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** July 1 1 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 July 2 0 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 July 3 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 July 4 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 July 5 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 July 6 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 July 7 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 July 8 1 4 3 0 3 0 1 0 July 9 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 July 10 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 July 11 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 July 12 1 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 July 13 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 July 14 1 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 July 15 2 21 1 0 4 1 0 1 July 16 0 21 3 0 2 1 2 0 July 17 0 38 3 0 3 1 2 2 July 18 1 35 5 0 1 1 3 1 July 19 1 98 0 0 13 1 3 0 July 20 1 99 1 1 9 4 0 0 July 21 0 116 0 0 9 2 3 0 July 22 1 92 1 0 2 4 2 1 July 23 0 108 4 0 3 1 1 1 July 24 1 148 2 0 7 6 4 0 July 25 1 231 1 0 4 1 5 0 July 26 2 217 6 0 1 2 1 0 July 27 1 222 2 0 10 14 1 2 July 28 0 214 0 0 6 4 1 0 July 29 2 244 2 2 6 1 0 0 July 30 1 297 5 0 5 7 3 2 July 31 1 361 4 1 16 3 3 1 ****************************************************************** August ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** August 1 0 328 2 0 4 2 6 0 August 2 1 211 0 0 4 1 3 2 August 3 0 201 1 1 4 2 4 0 August 4 3 325 7 0 5 4 6 0 August 5 0 194 5 1 4 2 2 0 August 6 1 128 6 0 5 3 5 2 August 7 1 96 0 0 3 2 4 0 August 8 2 66 0 0 0 3 3 2 August 9 0 52 0 0 5 2 2 0 August 10 0 59 3 0 5 4 1 0 August 11 0 45 3 0 3 1 2 0 August 12 1 75 10 0 2 0 2 0 August 13 0 68 10 0 10 0 5 0 August 14 2 34 8 0 12 1 1 0 August 15 0 31 6 0 24 0 0 0 August 16 1 26 9 1 18 2 3 0 August 17 3 21 2 0 20 1 1 0 August 18 7 47 4 1 43 1 1 0 August 19 3 47 10 0 67 0 1 1 August 20 2 43 6 0 33 1 0 0 August 21 1 53 6 0 19 2 0 0 August 22 1 63 5 0 53 0 0 1 August 23 0 37 1 0 54 2 0 0 August 24 1 68 5 0 57 1 0 0 August 25 0 64 2 0 40 4 2 2 August 26 2 107 6 0 36 5 10 1 August 27 6 80 3 0 3 3 22 0 August 28 1 79 4 1 3 4 6 1 August 29 4 80 6 0 21 4 10 2 August 30 1 70 3 0 12 4 14 1 August 31 1 33 1 0 11 2 8 0 ****************************************************************** September ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** September 1 1 35 6 1 10 2 3 0 September 2 0 53 2 0 4 1 0 0 September 3 0 62 6 0 4 1 0 0 September 4 2 68 1 0 5 0 2 0 September 5 3 73 0 0 25 0 5 0 September 6 0 107 2 0 19 4 3 2 ****************************************************************** Abbreviations: HW = hornworms; CEW = corn earworms; GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs; ECB = European corn borers; AWC = fall and yellow striped armyworms; AW = true armyworms; TBW = tobacco budworms

From: J. B. Coltrain, County Extension Director, Martin County

Light Trap Data From Martin County

*************************************************** Number of Bollworm Moths ************************************** Date Farm Life Robersonville Oak City *************************************************** July 13 5 5 3 July 16 5 4 1 July 18 16 19 7 July 22 35 62 33 July 24 32 56 68 July 26 102 65 92 July 29 177 72 127 July 31 171 135 124 August 2 162 235 134 August 5 208 242 73 August 7 52 128 66 August 9 23 148 21 August 12 59 286 73 August 14 76 48 102 August 16 69 8 78 August 19 137 9 126 August 21 62 8 32 August 23 69 14 142 August 26 183 10 135 August 28 103 5 132 August 30 202 9 123 ***************************************************

From: Georgia P. Love, Agricultural Extension Agent, Robeson County

Light Trap Data From Robeson County

Location: Rowland, North Carolina
Monitored by: Georgia Love (Trap #1) and Kay McGirt (Trap #2)

******************************************** Number of Bollworm Moths ************************** Date Trap #1 Trap #2 ******************************************** June 27 June 28 10 June 29 June 30 5 13 July 1 4 July 2 2 8 July 3 9 July 4 21 18 July 5 65 25 July 6 45 38 July 7 30 45 July 8 42 57 July 9 76 48 July 10 145 87 July 11 146 134 July 12 148 162 July 13 140 July 14 126 387 July 15 126 591 July 16 230 611 July 17 328 752 July 18 575 720 July 19 210 453 July 20 185 382 July 21 160 238 July 22 128 104 July 23 96 July 24 154 July 25 114 July 26 July 27 204 July 28 133 373 July 29 125 134 July 30 87 72 (37) July 31 54 (18) # 41 (17) August 1 80 (21) 137 (46) August 2 August 3 105 (15) August 4 32 (34) 272 (97) August 5 92 (46) August 6 47 (14) 109 (42) August 7 10 (0) August 8 9 (0) August 9 August 10 37 (3) August 11 56 (1) 246 (13) August 12 84 (4) 172 (14) August 13 54 (0) 74 (25) August 14 August 15 105 (0) August 16 August 17 132 (9) August 18 76 (17) August 19 August 20 172 (12) August 21 63 (7) August 22 42 (7) August 23 109 (5) August 24 August 25 44 (0) August 26 August 27 81 (14) August 28 August 29 148 (4) August 30 August 31 69 (2) *********************************************** # Number of Stink bugs in parentheses

From: William C. Ellers, Agricultural Extension Agent, Sampson County

Light Trap Data From Sampson County

****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects *************************************************** Corn European Tobacco Stink Click Date earworm corn borer hornworm bugs beetles ****************************************************************** July 19 trap set up July 22 327 5 6 20 146 July 24 power off, trap moved July 26 460 60 18 6 10 July 29 - - - - - July 31 - - - - - August 2 - - - - - August 5 102 5 10 4 40 August 7 38 9 20 4 82 August 9 15 0 12 0 1 August 12 19 22 50 3 0 August 14 45 12 60 7 0 August 16 49 18 74 17 10 August 19 79 38 148 19 20 August 21 46 21 104 3 50 August 23 38 44 48 13 40 ****************************************************************** Counts are from a light trap initially located about 3 miles southeast of Clinton near Turkey. Trap moved to 6 miles south of Clinton on Highway US-701 towards Garland on July 24, 2002.

From: David E. Morrison, Agricultural Extension Agent, Scotland County

Light Trap Data From Scotland County

Trap Location: Gibson, Johns and Laurinburg, North Carolina
Monitored by: Jim Ellis, David Morrison, Arron Stack and Allen McLaurin

************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Gibson Johns Laurinburg ******** ******** ********** Date BW SB BW SB BW SB ************************************************** July 3 1 1 12 2 5 0 July 5 1 1 30 1 4 0 July 8 12 3 28 2 8 1 July 10 6 1 48 1 4 0 July 12 trap out 57 0 10 0 July 15 trap out 94 2 24 0 July 17 68 1 151 4 63 0 July 19 67 1 trap out 81 0 July 22 46 3 93 3 67 4 July 24 16 0 64 0 61 0 July 26 18 2 80 1 53 2 July 29 78 4 225 6 91 11 July 31 76 0 133 8 106 3 August 2 21 1 89 1 - - August 5 49 5 76 1 47 0 August 7 42 2 43 2 36 5 August 9 20 0 47 0 28 1 August 12 38 0 138 1 26 4 August 14 52 3 168 8 20 3 August 16 38 0 85 1 12 1 August 19 39 3 260 3 15 5 August 21 46 0 254 6 38 3 August 23 9 0 325 4 81 1 August 26 16 0 265 3 56 3 ************************************************** BW = bollworms; SB = stink bugs

From: Robert H. Pleasants, Agricultural Extension Agent, Wayne County

Pheromone Trap Data From Wayne County

************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Eureka Mar-Mac Pricetown ******** ********* ********* Date TBW CEW TBW CEW TBW CEW ************************************************** July 10 3 1 10 1 40 17 July 12 7 5 - - 75 72 July 15 13 7 18 1 27 56 July 17 - - 12 46 17 91 July 18 - - 11 37 12 43 July 19 5 8 19 28 15 21 July 22 4 1 29 60 39 56 July 24 17 26 121 75 30 104# July 26 47 100 67 98 37 76 July 29 70 180 36 108 33 169 July 31 51 264 8 121 10 61 August 2 20 78 - - 51 55 August 4 - - 0 32 - - August 5 5 42 0 20 17 106 August 7 5 32 - - 7 62 August 9 1 20 - - 1 40 August 12 4 66 0 25 4 76 August 14 3 114 2 28 11 111 August 16 1 102 5 31 13 52 August 19 9 164 10 46 26 143 August 21 10 77 57 68 23 118 August 23 - - 35 75 29 149 August 26 46 565 52 135 13 228 August 28 18 99 46 81 52 105 August 30 14 54 100 60 40 145 September 2 - - 50 100 38 112 ************************************************** CEW = corn earworms; TBW = tobacco budworms # = one night

From: Norman E. Harrell, Agricultural Extension Agent, Wilson County

Light Trap Data From Wilson County

Locations: Lucama, Pender's Crossroads, Sims and Fountain
Monitored by: Chris Bass, Adam Gardner, Thad Sharpe, IV and Barbara Smith

********************************************************** Number of Adult Moths (Corn Earworm) ******************************************* Date Lucama Pender's Crossrds Sims Fountain ********************************************************** July 10 2 0 0 0 July 12 3 2 0 1 July 15 14 12 16 0 July 17 8 62 30 3 July 19 15 129 62 15 July 22 10 75 30 24 July 24 14 68 17 13 July 26 44 207 44 92 July 29 101 69 155 187 July 31 44 254 82 246 August 2 45 263 30 219 August 5 25 113 40 102 August 7 24 139 49 41 August 9 4 25 69 8 August 12 34 44 233 12 August 14 14 70 540 22 August 16 34 42 240 46 August 19 30 227 150 175 August 21 14 73 65 91 August 23 9 43 107 45 **********************************************************

The information presented in this newsletter is for educational purposes only and represents the opinions of the respective authors. Any reference to trade names is made with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement by the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service is implied. Use pesticides safely. Read and follow all label directions.

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Last modified on September 9, 2002 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.

Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors Volume 17, Number 21, September 6, 2002