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The first generation of fall webworms is present on pecan trees. Control these insects now to reduce the number of second generation fall webworms. Bacillus thuringiensis or Sevin will work. Japanese beetles and false Japanese beetles are flying now and have been collected in yellow water pail and white water pail buckets in Johnston and Sampson counties. Place traps and apply insecticide where needed to protect susceptible crops from feeding by these insects over the next four weeks. Adult tobacco click beetles are active and have been collected on yellow sticky cups in Sampson and Johnston counties. This means that egg laying and hatching will occur over the next several weeks, and the wireworms will move into the root zone to feed. Soil insecticides and/or foliar insecticides can be used to deter or reduce adult egg laying and hatching on root crops and recent transplants.
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Last modified on June 14, 2004 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.