Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors
Volume 18, Number 19, August 22, 2003

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


Insect Trap Data

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      #   # 
 August 4       26   5     38   7     58   0   240   9      #   # 
 August 6       16   1     28   8     52   2   212   5     36   2 
 August 8       17   6     40   8     35   6   166   1     27   3 
 August 11      48   1     28   6     22   2   156   4     26   1 
 August 13      29   1     36   8     26   6   120   5     21   3 
 August 15      42   3      #   #     25   0    54   5     54   4 
******************************************************************

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 
 August 1        219         179          81          61 
 August 2        174         150           -           - 
 August 3        220         157          76          40 
 August 4        220         180          80          51 
 August 5        124         137         136          85 
 August 6         87          60          55           - 
 August 7         95         130          51           - 
 August 8         72          30          41          40 
 August 9         47          25           -          80 
 August 10        33          27           -          20 
 August 11        19          25           -          20 
 August 12        30           5           -          27 
 August 13        12           5           -          22 
 August 14         -           6           -          36 
 August 15         8           9           -           - 
 August 16        15          30           -          44 
 August 17        18          38           -          15 
 August 18        15          17           -          14 
*********************************************************


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      GSB
********************************************
 July 21       7        35        -        -
 July 23       6        26        4        -
 August 1      2       279        6        2
 August 6     17       260        8        9
********************************************

THW = Tobacco hornworms; CEW = Corn earworms; 
FAW = Fall armyworms; 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
                          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 
 August 4     451          14            8          0 
 August 6     149           0           12          0 
 August 8      56           5            1          0 
 August 11     69           4            3          0 
 August 13     47           4            0          0 
 August 15     30          10            3          1 
 August 18     45          15           13          1 
 August 20     64          20            0          0 
 August 22     19          17            5          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

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                           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
 August 4      194    14    14     183    31    192     5    17
 August 6      201    15     4     510     8    159     3     7
 August 8      210    17     7     185     9    181     3     7
 August 11     214    30     9     130     4    127     5    10
 August 13      51    15     7      41     1     82     7    11
 August 15      35     7     2      72     3      -     -     -
 August 18      75    25     2      38     7     66     9    17
 August 20      49    12     0      24     5     78     7    10
 August 22      65    11     4      29    10      -     -     -
***************************************************************

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                
              ***********************************************************
                          Scotland                       East      West  
 Date         Hobgood       Neck     Halifax   Weldon   Enfield   Enfield
*************************************************************************
 July 21          4          -          -         -         -          - 
 July 23         22          -          -         -         -          - 
 July 25         52          -          -         -         -          - 
 July 28         70          -          -         -         -          4 
 July 30          -          -          -         -        25        105 
 August 1        89          -          -         -        48        151 
 August 4       155          -          -        60       115        112 
 August 6       140          -          -        52        62        167 
 August 8       210          -          -        40         -         80 
 August 11      172         36          -        70        45        115 
 August 13       10         31          -         -         -         35 
*************************************************************************


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 
 August 4    192       5       5       8 
 August 6    131       4       3       6 
 August 8     82       7       0       4 
 August 11    87       6       3       5 
 August 13     7       2       0       1 
 August 15    16       9       3       0 
 August 18    21       3       2       0 
 August 20    25       6       4       0 
 August 22    68      13       8       0 
*****************************************

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 
 August 2      1    311      4      1     11      8      1      3 
 August 3      0    240      1      1     10     12      1      3 
 August 4      0    163      1      0      5      7      0      1 
 August 5      0    182      0      0      3     13      0      0 
 August 6      0    218      5      0      6      7      0      5 
 August 7      0    219      2      0      7     11      0      0 
 August 8      0     41      1      0      8      4      0      0 
 August 9      1     31      0      0      1      2      0      0 
 August 10     0     32      1      0      2      1      0      0 
 August 11     0     24      0      0      2      1      0      0 
 August 12     0     26      0      0      3      0      0      0 
 August 13     0     29      3      1      4      0      0      0 
 August 14     0     37      2      1      3      1      0      0 
 August 15     0     31      3      0      4      0      0      0 
 August 16     0     30      2      0      3      0      0      0 
 August 17     2     28      1      0      5      0      0      0 
 August 18     0     16      7      1      8      0      0      0 
 August 19     0     38      3      0      7      0      0      0 
 August 20     0     43      5      0      9      0      1      0 
 August 21     0     36      1      0     23      2      0      0 
 August 22     1     32      0      0     40      2      2      0 
******************************************************************

 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 
 August 1        37         39         14 
 August 4        85         55         67 
 August 6        55         55         46 
 August 8       102         41         62 
 August 11       52         21        102 
 August 13        6         14         42 
 August 15       86         29         38 
 August 18       48         24         34 
 August 20       48         18         44 
******************************************


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


Light Trap Data From Northampton County

Locations: Woodland, Conway, ‘Neck and Seaboard
Monitored by: L. Culpepper, K. Edwards, Johnston/Fell, T. Flythe and D. Grant

*********************************************************
                  Number of Adult Moths (Corn Earworm)   
               ******************************************
 Date          Woodland   Conway  ‘Neck  Seaboard  Gaston
*********************************************************
 July 28           0         -       8      12        18 
 July 30           2         2      18      33         - 
 August 1          4        12      24      51        16 
 August 4          3        22      23      62        59 
 August 6         15        22      33     162        36 
 August 8         12        23      47      88        58 
 August 11        17        32      56     132        64 
 August 13         2         8      38      55        17 
 August 15         -         -       -       8         - 
*********************************************************


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 
 August 4     81       0       0      18       4 
 August 6     32       0       0       8       3 
 August 8     47       0       0       3       0 
 August 11    30       0       0       5       3 
 August 13     6       0       0       3       0 
 August 15     6       0       0       3       0 
 August 18    16       0       1       7       0 
 August 20    33       0       0       5       0 
*************************************************

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 
 July 28              222        285 
 July 29              258        267 
 July 30              148        388 
 July 31              121        158 
 August 1             176        155 
 August 2               -          - 
 August 3             269        279 
 August 4             152        181 
 August 5              56          - 
 August 6              66        342 
 August 7              85        239 
 August 8              60          - 
 August 9               -          - 
 August 10             75          - 
 August 11             10        136 
 August 12              -         97 
 August 13             59         36 
 August 14              -         22 
 August 15             59          - 
 August 16              -          - 
 August 17             52        115 
 August 18              -         33 
 August 19             62          - 
 August 20              -          - 
 August 21             94        342 
 August 22             22          - 
*************************************


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


Light Trap Data From Sampson County

*************************************************************
                          Number of Adult Insects            
               **********************************************
                                                Green   Brown
                 Corn     European   Tobacco    stink   stink
  Date          earworm  corn borer  hornworm    bugs    bugs
*************************************************************
 July 28           -          -          -         -       - 
 July 30         179         31          6         7       0 
 August 1        380         45          0        18       0 
 August 4        389         23          7        18       1 
 August 6        432          7          8        16       0 
 August 8        370         10         12        23       1 
 August 11       193         12          8        22       1 
 August 14        91         24          7        22      11 
 August 15        36         13          1         4       0 
 August 20       165         92         17        16       0 
 August 22        90        125         11        15       0 
*************************************************************

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 
 August 4     88     3    198     5    142     4 
 August 6     45     1    221     3    119     5 
 August 8     79     1    153     5    108     - 
 August 11   107     0    144     2    128     4 
 August 13    47     4     51     2    146     3 
 August 15    53     0     79     4     66     2 
 August 18    49     1    265     9    127     5 
 August 20    51     4    107     1    119     3 
 August 22    66     3     80     3    104     2 
*************************************************


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      -    - 
 August 1        -    -      99    16     12   81 
 August 4       39   50     120    21     12  169 
 August 6       20   80      76    77      8  154 
 August 8       12  178      94    82      5  133 
 August 11      21  220      60    70     38  167 
 August 13       6  200      91    60     25  160 
 August 15      21  217      60    70      6  138 
 August 18      35  588      24     O#     1   37 
 August 20      29  192      14    10      -    - 
**************************************************

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 
 August 4         36           73            151      97 
 August 6          -           33            163      58 
 August 8         89           66             81     104 
 August 11        90           70             57     122 
 August 13        21           37             38      51 
 August 15        28           15             17      30 
 August 18        42           29             27      83 
 August 20        59           16             51      26 
 August 22        43           14             16      38 
*********************************************************



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