P. Sterling Southern, editor
Volume 19, Number 18, August 13, 2004

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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
***************************************************************************
 July 5      -    -       -    -       -     -        0     7       3     5
 July 7      -    -       -    -       -     -        2    14       7    6b
 July 9      -    -       -    -       -     -        2    10       4     5
 July 12     3    2       -    -       3   14g,1b    15     4       7     4
 July 14     7    3       -    -       0   21g,2b    20    15      11     5
 July 16     8    2       -    -       6   25g,3b    26    18      16     4
 July 19    23    2       -    -      12    11       66    58      11     3
 July 21    14    1       -    -      18     4       74    13      14     6
 July 23    29    0       -    -      26     8      195     9      34     3
 July 26    40    2      18   20      30     5g     147     8g     69     4
 July 28    36    1      31   14      47    15g     160    14g     42     7
 July 30    10    5      39   18      21     0       67    11g     30     0
 August 2   19    0      21   28g,2b  17     1g      38     2      18     3
 August 4   56    0      21   17g,5b  15     0      137     1      11     1
 August 6   37    0      19   17g,4b  16     8       88     1       7     0
 August 9    7    0      17    1g,2b  17     0       57     0      11     2
 August 11  18    0      14    4g,1b  16     2g     108     0      41     3
 August 13  14    1      27   60      16     1g      96     2      14     1
***************************************************************************

CWB = cotton bollworm moths; SB = stink bugs; 
b = brown stink bugs; g = green stink bugs   

Trap locations (Cooperators):                
Anson N = Ansonville area (Finsher Martin)   
Stanly = Albemarle area (Doug Bowers)        
Union N = New Salem 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

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                  Number of Adult Moths (Corn Earworm)   
               ******************************************
 Date          Windsor     Hexelena     Roxobel   Woodard
*********************************************************
 July 10           1           0           0           - 
 July 11           2           0           0           - 
 July 12           1           0           0           - 
 July 13           1           0           0           - 
 July 14           0           0           0           - 
 July 15           0           2           0           - 
 July 16           0           0           4           - 
 July 17           3           1           0           - 
 July 18           4           3           3           - 
 July 19           2           3           2           - 
 July 20           4          18           3          54 
 July 21           5          18           9          68 
 July 22           7          27          12         125 
 July 23          20          36          10         188 
 July 24          30          82          67         108 
 July 25          29         322         380         128 
 July 26          16         116         140         113 
 July 27           9          52          51         167 
 July 28          58          79         116          78 
 July 29           -           -          57         128 
 July 30           -          25          47         102 
 July 31          85          17          68           - 
 August 1          9          14          51          67 
 August 2         18          14          32          42 
 August 3         45          25          73          57 
 August 4         47          29           -          71 
 August 5        102          35         181          47 
 August 6         31          33          15          42 
 August 7         17           -           -          11 
 August 8         21           -          15          18 
 August 9         20          17          12          22 
 August 10        41           7          10          17 
 August 11        28           0          43          21 
 August 12        30           4          32          27 
 August 13        20          12          13           - 
*********************************************************


From: Mike Carroll, Agricultural Extension Agent, Craven County


Light Trap Data From Craven County

Trap Location: Cove City, North Carolina
Cooperators: R and W McCoy Farms and Cove City Fertilizer

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                           Number of Adult Insects               
            *****************************************************
 Date        THW     BW     ECB     GSB     BSB     FAW     Other
*****************************************************************
 July 9        3     19       0       7       5       0        - 
 July 12       3      9       0       8       4       0        - 
 July 14       7     33       4       4       7       0        - 
 July 16       4     96       6       4       2       0        - 
 July 19       3     49       3       3       0       0        - 
 July 21      10    214       0       3       1       0        - 
 July 23       9    511       6       7       0       0        - 
 July 27       5    603       3       0       0       0        - 
 July 28       1    109       0       1       0       7        - 
 July 30       4    210       0       1       0       9        - 
*****************************************************************

THW = tobacco hornworms; BW = bollworm complex; ECB = European
corn borers; GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs;  
FAW = fall armyworms                                          


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


Light Trap Data From Duplin County

Trap Location: Albertson, North Carolina
Cooperators: Morris and Justin Murphy

***********************************
            Number of Adult Insects
            ***********************
                              Green
                              stink
 Date       Bollworms          bugs
***********************************
 July 7        27              142 
 July 9        11              177 
 July 12       12              134 
 July 14       28              201 
 July 16       37               50 
 July 19      138               72 
 July 21      102               15 
 July 23       99               31 
 July 26      309               15 
 July 28      112               14 
 July 30      117               13 
 August 2      53                6 
 August 4      84                8 
 August 6      56               10 
 August 9      23                0 
 August 11     15                2 
 August 13      6                2 
***********************************

Cotton bollworm and green stink counts are from a single black-light 
trap located approximately 2 miles east of Albertson, North Carolina.


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


Light Trap Data From Edgecombe County

*********************************************************
                        Number of Adult Insects          
              *******************************************
              W Edgecombe /a    Coakley /b    Lawrence /c
              **************   ***********   ************
 Date          CEW     STB      CEW   STB     CEW    STB 
*********************************************************
 July 12         0       0       11    16       -      - 
 July 14         0       5        4    65       -      - 
 July 16         0       3        9    15       5      - 
 July 19        21       6       22    18      17      - 
 July 21        36      17       29    14      20      - 
 July 23        78      16       23    31     155     50 
 July 26       235       5      275    15     781   >400 
 July 28       135       5      119    41      77     30 
 July 30       115       3       95     3      70      - 
 August 2       79       3       55     9      50      - 
 August 4      129       6       45     1      65      - 
 August 6      145       4       40    14      61      - 
 August 9       37       -       31     2       3      - 
 August 11      65       -        -     -       6      - 
 August 13      39       3       20     1      14      - 
*********************************************************

Abbreviations: CEW = corn earworms; STB = stink bugs

a = West Edgecombe 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 = Lawrence trap is located at Lawrence; maintained
    by Terri Thomas.                                


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


Light Trap Data From Jones County

Trap Location: Comfort, North Carolina
Monitored by: Morris and Brett Pike

*****************************************
               Number of Adult Insects   
            *****************************
 Date         BW     ECB      SB      HW 
*****************************************
 July 9        8      25      10       5
 July 12      12      20      13      11
 July 14      38      26       5      10
 July 16      53      27       9       9
 July 19     168      18       5      19
 July 21     138      16       0       9
 July 23     424      44      14      10
 July 26     691      15       6      14
 July 28     350       8       1       2
 July 30      71       5       0       0
 August 2     90      10       7       8
 August 4    101       6       9       3
 August 6    137       7       0       7
 August 10    27       3       1       8
 August 11    11       0       0       3
 August 13    67      12       5      13
*****************************************

Abbreviations: BW = bollworms; ECB = European
corn borers; SB = stink bugs; HW = hornworms 


From: Alan A. Harper, Lenoir County


Light Trap Data From Lenoir County

Trap Location: Comfort, North Carolina
Monitored by: Morris and Brett Pike


                                  July                            

******************************************************************
                            Number of Adult Insects               
              ****************************************************
 Date         HW    CEW    ECB     AW    AWC    GSB    BSB    TBW 
******************************************************************
 July 8        0      1      2      1      0      0      0      0 
 July 9        0      0      3      0      0      0      0      0 
 July 10       0      0      4      1      0      0      0      0 
 July 11       0      3      2      0      3      0      0      0 
 July 12       1      3      7      2      4      2      0      0 
 July 13       1      1      8      1      3      0      0      0 
 July 14       1      4     10      0      0      0      0      0 
 July 15       1      1     13      6      3      1      0      0 
 July 16       1     28      5      5      1      1      0      0 
 July 17       0     12      8      5      0      0      0      0 
 July 18       0     42     11      6      1      5      0      1 
 July 19       1     29      7      1      3      0      1      1 
 July 20       0     31     15      2      4      2      0      0 
 July 21       0     21      6      0      2      1      0      0 
 July 22       0     50     11      3      3      1      0      0 
 July 23       2     75      8      6      2      1      0      0 
 July 24       0     74      4      0      1      1      0      0 
 July 25       1     85     15      2      2      0      0      1 
 July 26       1     94     15      5      4      0      0      0 
 July 27       0     82      9      0      0      0      0      1 
 July 28       0     80      6      2      2      0      0      0 
 July 29       0     81      3      1      0      0      0      0 
 July 30       0     32      6      0      1      2      0      0 
 July 31       0     23      7      0      2      2      0      0 
******************************************************************


                                 August                           

******************************************************************
              --------------Number of Adult Insects---------------
              ****************************************************
 Date         HW    CEW    ECB     AW    AWC    GSB    BSB    TBW 
******************************************************************
 August 1      0     28      4      0      0      2      0      0 
 August 2      0     47      9      0      1      4      0      0 
 August 3      1     59      4      0      1      0      0      1 
 August 4      0     32      8      0      0      0      0      0 
 August 5      0     45      7      1      0      0      0      0 
 August 6      1     47      9      0      4      0      0      0 
 August 7      0      3      1      0      0      0      0      0 
 August 8      0      1      1      0      0      0      0      0 
 August 9      0      5      2      0      0      0      0      1 
 August 10     0      1      2      0      0      0      0      0 
 August 11     0      8      3      0      0      0      0      0 
 August 12     0     11      8      0      1      0      0      0 
 August 13     0      4      5      0      2      1      0      0 
******************************************************************

Abbreviations: HW = hornworms; CEW = corn earworms; ECB = European
corn borers; AW = true armyworms; AWC = fall and yellow striped   
armyworms; GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs; TBW =  
tobacco budworms                                                  


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


Light Trap Data From Martin County

*******************************************
               Farm      Roberson-   Oak 
               Life       ville      City
              *****************************
 Date         BW  GSB    BW  GSB    BW  GSB
*******************************************
 July 12      17    0    17    3     4   12
 July 14      11    2    15    2    38   66
 July 16      19    6    14    3    13   36
 July 19      40    1    20    6    27   21
 July 21      28    1    42    8    36   13
 July 23      70   11    48    9    52   72
 July 26     156    2   200    6   144   24
 July 28      67    2    72    1    98    6
 July 30      52    0    65    0    80    0
 August 2     55    1    87    0    41    0
 August 4    110    7    56    1    28    2
 August 6     91    0    69    1    42    0
 August 9     29    0    34    0    43    3
 August 11    21    2    53    0    27    4
 August 13    17    1    51    4    64   22
*******************************************

BW = Bollworm moths; GSB = Green stink bugs


From: Jonathan Evans, Nash County


Light Trap Data From Nash County

************************************
             Number of Adult Insects
             ***********************
 Date        GSB       BSB       BWM
************************************
 July 19       3         0        12
 July 20       3         0        10
 July 21       2         0        13
 July 22       3         0        12
 July 23      14         0        18
 July 24       4         0        20
 July 25       0         0        18
 July 26       1         0        27
 July 27       4         0        50
 July 28       0         0        13
 July 29       0         0        40
 July 30       0         0        54
 August 2      4         0        39
 August 3     10         0        25
 August 4      1         0        16
 August 5      2         0        32
 August 6      0         0        14
************************************

GSB = Green stink bugs; BSB = Brown stink bugs;
BWM = Bollworm moths                           

Light trap located 3 miles south of Nashville; 
monitored by Evans Farms.                      


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


Light Trap Data From Northampton County

Locations: Seaboard, Conway, Gaston, Woodland and O'Neck
Monitored by: T. Flythe, K. Edwards, D. Grant, L. Culpepper and Johnston/Fell

*************************************************************
                    Number of Adult Moths (Corn Earworm)     
               **********************************************
 Date          Seaboard   Conway   Gaston   Woodland   O'Neck
*************************************************************
 July 19          21         -        -         -          - 
 July 21          33         0        7         -          - 
 July 23          19         2       12         3          - 
 July 26         125        25       29        12         34 
 July 28          88        16       27        15         31 
 July 30           -        18       50        25         33 
 August 2        125        31       56        32         41 
 August 4        227        13       52        47        104 
 August 6        125        15       23        50          - 
 August 9         27        13        6        18         92 
 August 11        25         5        6        16        114 
*************************************************************


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


Light Trap Data From Robeson County

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

*************************************
             Number of Bollworm Moths
             ************************
 Date        Traps:    #1         #2 
*************************************
 July 2                 -          2 
 July 3                 -          1 
 July 4-5               -          5 
 July 6                 -          4 
 July 7                 5          3 
 July 8                 6          8 
 July 9                49         42 
 July 10-11            80        210 
 July 12              158        136 
 July 13              178        161 
 July 14               80        457 
 July 15              285        414 
 July 16              185        481 
 July 17              148        529 
 July 18              317        589 
 July 19              661        342 
 July 20              375        403 
 July 21              341        382 
 July 22              278          - 
 July 23              268          - 
 July 24                -        377 
 July 25              710        498 
 July 26              324        359 
 July 27              126        259 
 July 28              128          - 
 July 29               80          - 
 July 30               78          - 
 July 31               47        280 
 August 1              66        107 
 August 2              67        112 
 August 3              93         97 
 August 4              29         85 
 August 5               -         48 
 August 6               -         27 
 August 7               -          - 
 August 8             111          - 
 August 9              11         24 
 August 10              5         39 
 August 11              5          - 
 August 12             15          - 
*************************************


From: Josh Gaddy, Agricultural Extension Agent, Sampson County


Light Trap Data From Sampson County

*************************************************
                     Number of Adult Insects     
               **********************************
                                    Green   Brown
                 Corn    Tobacco    stink   stink
  Date          earworm  hornworm    bugs    bugs
*************************************************
 July 13            -        -         -       - 
 July 14            -        2         3       0 
 July 16           16        3        11       0 
 July 19          101       10         2       0 
 July 21           56        7         8       0 
 July 23          129        8        13       0 
 July 26          117        1         3       0 
 July 28           69        8        20       2 
 July 30           78        4        54       0 
 August 2          40        1        23       0 
 August 4          69        7        31       1 
 August 6          72       19        24       2 
 August 9          33        9         1       0 
 August 11         22       14         3       0 
 August 13         19       12        14       0 
*************************************************

Black trap located 6 miles south of Clinton on US-701
towards Garland on farm of Mike and James Hope.      


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

*************************************************
                    Number of Adult Insects      
              ***********************************
               Gibson       Johns      Laurinburg
              ********     ********    **********
 Date         BW    SB     BW    SB     BW    SB 
*************************************************
 July 9        5     1     35     6      8    16 
 July 12       8     1     48     5     30     4 
 July 14       -     -     68     5     27     8 
 July 16      42    10    295    10     94     3 
 July 19      81     5    228     7     90     8 
 July 21     106     3    108     6     98     5 
 July 23      96     2    211     2    145     5 
 July 26     185    16    426     6    228     8 
 July 28      81     8    418    10    121     4 
 July 30      54     3    102     0     50     1 
 August 2     77     1     85     2    180     1 
 August 4     81     3    133     3     36     2 
 August 6     81     3    177    11     87     3 
 August 9     29     1     31     0     45     0 
 August 11    26     2     53     3     46     0 
 August 13    25     0     50     3     36     2 
*************************************************

BW = Bollworms; SB = Stink bugs


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


Pheromone Trap Data From Wayne County

**************************************************
                    Number of Adult Insects       
             *************************************
               Pricetown     Mar Mac      Fremont 
               *********    *********    *********
 Date          TBW  CEW     TBW   CEW    TBW   CEW
**************************************************
 July 14         7   40       6    10      6    4 
 July 16        51   38      50    63     12    8 
 July 19        88  134      88    37     15   11 
 July 21        83  191     134    95     34   20 
 July 23        97  198     275    76     69   36 
 July 26        76  142     230    64     33   35 
 July 28        49   51     163     3?    44   35 
 July 30        99   48     162    51     20   31 
 August 2      122   98     171    82     25   24 
 August 4        -  146     165   100      -    - 
 August 6       96  140     168    52    145  108 
 August 9       16   97       -     -     30   43 
 August 11      30  182     119    34     43   30 
 August 13      47  106      67     9      -    - 
**************************************************

TBW = tobacco budworms; CEW = corn earworms  


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 12           -            -              0       3 
 July 14           0            -              3       1 
 July 16           0           20              2       3 
 July 19           8           31              8      16 
 July 21          17           38             37      33 
 July 23          13           49             96      34 
 July 26          39          145            252      96 
 July 28          19          125            103      38 
 July 30          39           53            103      24 
 August 2         19           46            102       4 
 August 4         45           26            139      12 
 August 6         15           16             91      14 
 August 9         13            9             28       2 
 August 11        12            6             17       3 
 August 13         6            3             23       3 
*********************************************************



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