Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors
Volume 18, Number 16, August 1, 2003

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 ****************************************************************** June 30 - - - - - - - - 11 0 July 2 - - - - - - - - 6 1 July 3 - - - - - - - - - - July 7 15 1 - - 6 0 0 0 17 2 July 9 13 2 - - 5 0 3 0 10 5 July 11 11 1 - - 2 0 2 0 13 3 July 14 22 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 8 2 July 16 19 1 14 7 5 0 5 3 4 4 July 18 24 2 20 8 6 0 6 8 # # July 21 23 4 - - 0 0 28 4 24 9 July 23 22 1 - - 17 0 27 5 22 2 July 25 23 1 - - 18 0 28 4 36 7 July 28 32 5 28 10 - - 95 12 34 7 July 30 28 3 30 7 34 - 114 8 39 11 August 1 31 3 39 127 24 - 190 16 # # ****************************************************************** CWB = cotton bollworm moths; SB = stink bugs # = power to trap out 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: Richard W. Rhodes, County Extension Director, Bertie County

Light Trap Data From Bertie County

********************************************************* Number of Adult Moths (Corn Earworm) ****************************************** Date Woodard Windsor Hexelena Roxobel ********************************************************* July 22 10 0 1 0 July 23 15 0 1 0 July 24 - 12 0 1 July 25 18 12 0 1 July 26/27 26 15 14 - July 28 13 11 8 - July 29 87 56 15 3 *********************************************************

From: Mike Carroll, Agricultural Extension Agent, Craven County

Light Trap Data From Craven County

Trap Location: Roy and Ward McCoy Farms, Cove City
Monitored by: Lynn Register

*********************************** Number of Adult Insects *********************** Date THW CEW FAW *********************************** July 21 7 35 - July 23 6 26 4 *********************************** THW = Tobacco hornworms; CEW = Corn earworms; FAW = Fall armyworms

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 corn stink stink Date Bollworms borers bugs bugs ****************************************************** July 9 0 0 10 7 July 11 3 0 10 0 July 14 9 3 15 0 July 16 3 0 6 0 July 18 4 8 7 1 July 21 14 35 2 0 July 23 4 7 0 0 July 25 63 15 0 0 July 28 107 67 8 1 July 30 155 27 7 1 August 1 180 20 4 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 ************************************************* Rocky Mount /a Coakley /b Conetoe /c ***************** *********** *************** Date CEW ECB STB CEW STB CEW ECB STB *************************************************************** July 9 0 0 0 - - - - - July 11 1 0 0 - - 0 0 0 July 14 0 0 0 - - 6 0 1 July 16 0 0 2 10 3 11 5 2 July 18 0 0 5 5 19 15 7 3 July 21 0 0 4 7 10 19 6 5 July 23 11 3 4 15 7 36 3 1 July 25 21 7 1 22 28 55 2 5 July 28 72 17 3 20 11 72 3 19 July 30 85 20 5 76 20 73 3 13 August 1 106 25 8 203 14 155 16 13 *************************************************************** Abbreviations: CEW = corn earworms; ECB = European corn borers; STB = stink bugs a = Rocky Mount trap is located 12 miles west of Tarboro; maintained by Tom Porter. 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.

Pheromone Trap Data From Edgecombe County

************************ Bollworm Date Moths ************************ July 8 90 July 15 20 July 22 15 July 28 70 ************************

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

Light Trap Data From Halifax County

****************************************** Number of Corn Earworm Moths **************************** East West Date Hobgood Enfield Enfield ****************************************** July 21 4 - - July 23 22 - - July 25 52 - - July 28 70 - 4 July 30 - 25 105 ******************************************

From: Curtis D. Fountain, County Extension Director, Jones County

Light Trap Data From Jones County

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

***************************************** Number of Adult Insects ***************************** Date BW ECB SB HW ***************************************** July 2 0 3 10 1 July 4 0 2 6 0 July 7 5 3 20 2 July 9 8 2 7 2 July 11 4 4 2 3 July 14 4 4 0 0 July 16 5 3 2 3 July 19 16 2 4 5 July 21 8 5 1 2 July 23 37 3 1 7 July 25 75 7 3 7 July 28 64 5 9 4 July 30 315 9 8 5 August 1 227 7 1 3 ***************************************** Abbreviations: BW = bollworms; ECB = European corn borers; SB = stink bugs; HW = hornworms

From: Alan Harper, Lenoir County

Light Trap Data From Lenoir County

June ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** June 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 June 9 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 June 10 0 0 6 0 0 0 1 1 June 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 June 12 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 June 13 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 June 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 15 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 June 16 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 1 June 17 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 June 18 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 June 19 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 June 20 1 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 June 21 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 0 June 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 June 23 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 June 24 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 June 25 1 4 0 0 0 2 1 0 June 26 1 16 2 2 0 2 0 0 June 27 0 11 2 1 0 2 1 0 June 28 0 14 1 1 0 9 0 0 June 29 0 9 1 0 0 2 1 0 June 30 0 9 0 2 0 9 0 0 ****************************************************************** July ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** July 1 0 33 0 0 1 9 0 0 July 2 0 36 0 0 3 10 0 0 July 3 0 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 July 4 0 9 1 1 0 7 0 0 July 5 0 7 1 0 2 8 0 0 July 6 0 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 July 7 0 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 July 8 0 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 July 9 0 12 1 0 0 5 0 0 July 10 1 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 July 11 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 July 12 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 July 13 2 10 1 0 2 5 0 0 July 14 0 7 0 0 0 2 1 0 July 15 1 10 1 0 1 4 1 0 July 16 0 6 1 0 3 5 1 3 July 17 0 5 1 0 1 1 2 0 July 18 0 5 1 1 3 3 1 0 July 19 0 6 1 0 10 6 0 0 July 20 1 19 0 0 7 4 3 1 July 21 2 25 4 0 12 5 0 1 July 22 0 24 2 0 14 2 1 2 July 23 0 22 0 0 8 2 0 0 July 24 0 35 1 0 1 2 0 0 July 25 0 152 1 0 13 12 1 3 July 26 1 171 7 1 18 20 1 2 July 27 0 128 6 0 6 14 0 2 July 28 0 134 1 0 19 9 0 0 July 29 1 286 4 0 5 17 0 5 July 30 0 512 5 0 15 18 3 3 July 31 0 541 2 0 25 14 1 4 ****************************************************************** August ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date HW CEW GSB BSB ECB AWC AW TBW ****************************************************************** August 1 0 308 2 0 10 13 1 1 ****************************************************************** 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 ************************** Farm Roberson- Oak Date Life ville City ****************************************** July 16 6 3 8 July 18 9 9 11 July 21 11 15 23 July 23 11 15 18 July 25 12 21 26 July 28 22 28 18 July 30 58 21 18 ******************************************

From: Mark Rinehardt, Agricultural Extension Agent, Onslow County

Light Trap Data From Onslow County

Trap Location: Gary Hardison Farms, Richlands, Onslow County
Monitored by: Glenn Rhodes and Reggie Murphy

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Date CEW TBW THW ECB GSB ************************************************* July 2 3 6 0 0 2 July 4 6 0 2 0 10 July 7 2 3 2 0 0 July 9 15 0 2 0 1 July 11 7 0 0 0 2 July 14 7 2 0 0 0 July 16 9 6 0 0 0 July 18 10 8 6 2 3 July 21 14 0 0 0 4 July 23 5 0 0 1 0 July 25 69 0 5 0 3 July 30 22 0 0 11 1 August 1 106 0 0 83 10 ************************************************* CEW = corn earworms; TBW = tobacco budworms; THW = tobacco hornworms; ECB = European corn borers; GSB = green stink bugs

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 Traps: #1 #2 ************************************* June 27 - 5 June 29 - 9 June 30 - 6 July 1 7 7 July 2 - 9 July 3 - 8 July 4 - 6 July 6 - 13 July 7 - 11 July 8 - 5 July 9 2 8 July 10 5 7 July 11 1 15 July 12 - - July 13 8 42 July 14 - 41 July 15 16 48 July 16 - 39 July 17 11 51 July 18 - 84 July 19 - - July 20 135 233 July 21 - 43 July 22 248 83 July 23 148 91 July 24 248 172 July 25 187 127 July 26 - - July 27 303 237 *************************************

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

Light Trap Data From Sampson County

***************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************** Corn European Tobacco Stink Date earworm corn borer hornworm bugs ***************************************************** July 28 - - - - July 30 179 31 6 17 August 1 380 45 0 18 ***************************************************** Black trap located 6 miles south of Clinton on US-701.

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, Allen McLaurin, Percy Rachels, Rusty Muse and T. G. Gibson

************************************************* Number of Adult Insects *********************************** Gibson Johns Laurinburg ******** ******** ********** Date BW SB BW SB BW SB ************************************************* July 7 18 - 8 12 6 - July 9 4 - 16 12 4 - July 11 5 - 33 11 55 - July 14 3 - 27 1 62 1 July 16 17 - 8 6 17 - July 18 3 - 52 7 61 - July 21 43 - 101 4 3 - July 23 17 - 131 4 57 - July 25 39 - 148 2 74 - July 28 54 2 146 9 82 - July 30 53 3 131 11 94 4 August 1 61 0 109 1 96 5 *************************************************

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

Light Trap Data From Wayne County

************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************* Pricetown Mar-Mac Fremont ********* ********* ********* Date TBW CEW TBW CEW TBW CEW ************************************************** July 9 1 39 - - 1 10 July 11 - - 2 80 - - July 14 4 76 6 57 0 5 July 16 3 24 4 31 - - July 18 3 19 2 18 0 4 July 21 3 33 43 19 1 3 July 23 14 76 52 19 4 12 July 25 - - 9 7 4 12 July 28 45 398 19 60 6 22 July 30 7 172 163 19 - - ************************************************** CEW = corn earworms; TBW = tobacco budworms

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 Fountain Sims ********************************************************* July 21 4 4 2 3 July 23 1 5 8 6 July 25 10 11 10 3 July 28 14 27 32 - July 30 16 55 59 56 August 1 38 92 105 17 *********************************************************

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 August 4, 2003 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.

Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors Volume 18, Number 16, August 1, 2003