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From: Jack S. Bacheler, Extension Entomologist
As of July 26, the major bollworm moth flight was ongoing in perhaps the southern two-thirds of North Carolina, with two night light trap catches of 200 to 300 or more moths reported this week in the Robeson, Hoke, Scotland, Onslow, Duplin and Cumberland County traps, and increases enough in Edgecombe County, in the Sims area of Wilson County and even in the Jackson area trap in Northampton County (only about 10 miles from the Virginia border) to suggest that the flight is getting started in those areas also. A 3-day count of over 600 moths in the Robeson County trap early in the week suggests that this fight could be hefty in places. A few other traps in this general area, such as the ones in Craven County (Cove City) and Wayne County, remained temporarily low. That can be expected to change in a couple of days. Expect the flight to fill in over the remainder of North Carolina during the coming week. To keep up with this year’s flight of cotton bollworms and other insect pests, see the Cotton Insect Corner web site at: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/insectcorner/blacklight/index.html.
Bollworm egg thresholds also have been met in scattered conventional cotton fields throughout the state, with several cotton fields in the 50 percent or more eggs per 100 terminals range.
At this point, it appears that plant bugs are a significant factor in the overall internal boll damage in some cotton fields, as evidenced by dirty bloom counts, blackened squares, damage to tiny bolls, and general observation of adults and nymphs. Boll damage reports are all over the map, ranging from a low of 2 to 4 or 5 percent in some cotton fields to some cotton fields with damage in the 20 to 40 percent range. For many scouts, finding internal damage in the 10 percent plus range is commonplace. Now that we are fast approaching or have passed the third week of blooming in many cotton fields, assessing internal damage is a must for at least the next four weeks. Try to avoid the tendency to sample bolls greater than quarter-sized. It wouldn’t hurt to carry a quarter and occasionally cut a boll though the middle to confirm that you are sampling these smaller bolls. Remember to count both internal warts or stained lint as a damaged boll and avoid counting external boll damage.
With the bollworm moth flight either fast approaching or underway but no bollworm thresholds yet reached on Bollgard cotton in most areas (coupled with threshold levels of bug damage to small bolls), decisions about if, how much and which insecticides to spray are difficult.
In our northern-most tier of counties and a few counties just to the south, bollworm thresholds on Bollgard cotton, if reached, may be a week or more away. If cotton in these areas is being scouted well, a stink bug insecticide such as Bidrin could be sprayed for bugs and the cotton carefully monitored for the possible earlier establishment of bollworms due to the disruption of beneficial insects. The subsequent establishment of bollworms, whether it occurs after 3 days or 20 after this spray, could then be managed with a pyrethroid insecticide spray (unless brown stink bugs figured in the picture). In areas where the flight is underway and 10 percent or more internal damage to bolls is noted, a combination such as a pyrethroid plus Bidrin is probably justified. If scouting reveals that green stink bugs are far more common than brown stink bugs ( I realize that this is not an easy thing to determine), a pyrethroid alone at a medium to high rate will do a good job of “putting away” the green stink bugs, at least for the present time. If live bollworms are two times the threshold, for example 6 small, live second or greater instar bollworms on bolls and internal boll damage from bugs is in the 20 to 30 percent range or greater, your best bet would probably be a high rate of Bidrin plus a high rate of a pyrethroid insecticide. If the bug insecticide Orthene is selected, plan on about 0.5 to 1.0 pounds of active ingredient of Orthene showing similar activity to 0.25 to 0.5 pounds of active ingredient of Bidrin 8E for brown stink bug control.
Even in the midst of this quickly advancing moth flight and examples of moderate levels of bug damage to bolls, many cotton fields across the state are presently experiencing low pressure. In general, however, our cotton crop is still on the late side, susceptible to insect damage, and given enough rain will not be “cutting out” for some time. However, our best bet economically is always to scout carefully and treat on the basis of thresholds.
From: E. James Dunphy, Extension Crop Scientist, and Stephen R. Koenning, Extension Plant Pathologist
It was announced July 26, 2006 that Asiatic Soybean Rust was confirmed in Rapides Parish, in central Louisiana. This is the first confirmation of rust on soybeans in Louisiana in 2006. Since this is west of the Mississippi River, and more than 500 miles from Murphy, North Carolina, it is probably of more significance to states along the river, and up into the Midwest, than it is to North Carolina soybeans.
On July 25, 2006, Asiatic Soybean Rust was confirmed in Gadsden County, Florida on a Group III variety at stage R6 (full sized beans) at all three sentinel plot locations in the county. Group V (stage R5) and VII (stage R3) varieties in the same plots apparently showed no symptoms yet.
The confirmation of soybean rust at a Brooks County, Georgia site on July 24, 2006 is closer to North Carolina than Louisiana or Florida finds. None of the state’s soybean production is closer than 300 miles from the Georgia site. Asiatic soybean rust was confirmed a little closer to North Carolina with the find on July 20 of rust on soybeans in Brooks County, Georgia, in south-central Georgia, on the Florida border. It was found on a maturity group III variety planted in March. This find is about 350 miles from Charlotte, 570 miles from Elizabeth City, 400 miles from Fayetteville, 300 miles from Murphy, 450 miles from Raleigh, 505 miles from Washington (North Carolina), 405 miles from Wilmington, and 415 miles from Winston-Salem.
Florida and Georgia were very dry early in the summer and this has limited the development of rust in these locations. The development of soybean rust is at least a month behind what we experienced in 2005. Recent rains in Florida and Georgia will provide a favorable environment for development of soybean rust in those areas. Since 2006 soybean production in Florida and Georgia is estimated at only about 155,000 acres, high numbers of spores are not anticipated coming from soybean at this time. Although rust is likely to spread over the next several weeks to the South of North Carolina, long distance spread is unlikely since sources of spores are still weak.
Should they be needed, a number of fungicides have emergency registration (Section 18 labels) for Asiatic Soybean Rust. Should you require one of these products, remember that anything with an emergency exemption is considered to be a restricted use pesticide. Thus you must have a pesticide license to use these materials and you should have an emergency label with you. Some new products may become available this summer, but there may be added restrictions. Check the restrictions on what you may plant within 12 to 18 months of using these materials, or you may be legally required to plant soybean in a field sprayed with these materials next year.
A number of excellent resources are available on the web to assist you with decision making on Asiatic Soybean Rust. The North Carolina soybean rust forecast is available on the web at http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/soybeanrust/index.php, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soybean rust and soybean aphid web site is available at http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/. The USDA site also contains tools to help manage insurance claims and current information on labeled fungicides.
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
We have passed the midway point for summer and yellow jacket populations will be reaching a more noticeable size.
Yellow jackets (image from USDA’s Agricultural Research Service) are house fly-sized wasps with distinct yellow and black-colored markings and a few hairs. Their nests are found in the ground 99 percent of the time. They are not good diggers. Therefore, they choose cavities which were formerly rodent borrows, buried rotted logs, bases of nursery grown shrubbery, or gaps under masonry to start their new nests. Underground they construct a paper nest similar to a common hornet. However, it will be tan in color and much smaller in size. Occasionally, yellow jackets will nest in attics or wall voids of houses or storage buildings.
Yellow jackets may also be late season pests around picnics, trashcans, ripened fruit and humming bird feeders as they scavenge for food or moisture. The only way to manage this situation is to locate the nest (which is rarely possible) and destroy it.
If the location of the nest is known, do not pour gasoline down the hole to destroy it. Use an aerosol hornet and wasp killer sprayed directly into the hole at night. A second treatment is sometimes necessary.
Do not forget that yellow jackets are helpful because they prey on other insects. One additional note: yellow jacket traps are not effective in this part of the country. You can find information about yellow jackets on the Internet at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/horn-yj.htm. Methods of reducing the probability of stings can be located on the web at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Beekeeping/bee15.html. If you've ever forgotten to close your car window and a wasp flew in, you should appreciate an image of a yellow jacket nest filling the cab of a truck (image by Chuck Carnes) in Woodbine, Georgia. The local school's mascot is the Hornets, by the way.
The great golden digger wasp (image by Cheryl Frank, insectimages.org) may appear threatening, but stings from this non-threatening wasp are almost unheard of. (I've never heard of any.) They prey on grasshoppers and crickets. Great golden digger wasps (Sphex ichneumoneus) are related to the cicada killer wasps I've discussed in earlier issues of the North Carolina Pest News. However, they have a capacity to carry even larger prey. Digger wasps prepare as many as six nest holes in the ground in which to bury and stock prey. A female will arrive at her hole leaving the prey outside while she enters to examine the nest tube. If the prey is moved while she is inside, she repositions the food at the entrance hole and checks the tube again. She will repeatedly reexamine the hole every time the prey has been moved. Wasps sting their prey paralyzing, but not killing it. Upon the prey they lay an egg. When the egg hatches on the prey in the burrow, the larva consumes the paralyzed insect. This digger wasp develops during the winter until time to emerge in the summer.
From: Michael G. Waldvogel and Charles Apperson, Extension Entomologists
You may have seen recent reports of a Buncombe County girl who contracted LaCrosse encephalitis. At the opposite side of the state, a horse in Columbus County was diagnosed recently with Eastern Equine encephalitis (EEE). North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources' Public Health Pest Management Section reported that birds in their sentinel chicken flocks in Craven and Beaufort counties tested positive for exposure to West Nile virus and a chicken in Carteret County was positive for EEE. All of these encephalitides are caused by mosquito-transmitted viruses.
If concerned citizens call, county Extension agents can explain that they have a few options to protect themselves against mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases. They could simply stay indoors. A more positive and proactive approach is to get outdoors and deal with the mosquitoes. As we've said repeatedly, most of our problems around homes are with Asian tiger mosquito which breeds in items that collect rain water: such as discarded containers and tires, flower pot dishes, gutters clogged with wet organic debris, clogged drainage ditches, bird baths and pet water bowls that are filled with stagnant water, etc. These areas/items should be discarded (properly) or emptied and clean of debris as needed. Natural breeding spots will include places such as tree holes and low-lying areas that remain wet and covered with leaf litter.
Spraying landscaped areas is popular for reducing mosquito resting places and can help but by no means is it going to solve a problem because your yard is likely not the only source of mosquitoes who don't seem to care about property lines when it comes to looking for a meal. Similarly, some people have invested in those spray misting systems mounted around their homes and these have questionable effectiveness and safety as well.
The best approach is still personal protection. Aside from DEET, there are some new EPA-approved repellents products that contain the active ingredients picaridin or oil of lemon eucalyptus. However, even these products have their limits and some restrictions on use on small children. In particular with small children, stick with the lower concentrations (around 10 to 20 percent) of DEET. We also discourage the practice of letting the kids simply douse themselves with the repellents and don't simply spray children with the chemical because they're more likely to be inhaling it. Spray some of the chemical on your hands and then apply it to the child's arms, legs and neck (not the face). Don't apply repellent to the children's hands as they're likely to stick them in their mouths or eyes.
You can read more about these new repellents at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/repellents.htm.
Information about mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases can be found at: http://insects.ncsu.edu/westnile.htm.
From: Thomas G. Pegram, Agricultural Extension Agent, Union County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Anson S Anson N Union S Union N Stanly
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Date CBW GR BR CBW GR BR CBW GR BR CBW GR BR CBW GR BR
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July 17 12 78 20 10 0 0 18 17 0 38 4 0 8 0 0
July 19 - - - 15 0 0 19 12 0 30 2 0 14 0 0
July 21 18 11 2 28 0 0 81 17 0 40 4 1 15 1 0
July 24 55 48 7 101 1 2 211 13 0 59 26 3 24 0 0
July 26 0 0 0 157 3 0 250 9 0 46 18 1 23 1 0
July 28 0 0 0 133 1 0 185 12 0 44 8 0 27 2 0
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CBW = cotton bollworm moths; GR = green stink bugs; BR = brown stink bugs
Trap Locations and Cooperators:
Anson N: Ansonville area (Fincher Martin)
Anson S: Deep Creek area (Richard Melton)
Union N: New Salem area (Tom Pegram)
Union S: White Store area (Greg Hargett)
Stanly: Richfield area (Shannon Braswell)
From: Richard W. Rhodes, County Extension Director, Bertie County
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Windsor Woodard Hexlena Roxobel Colerain
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Date BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB
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July 10 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - -
July 11 0 2 0 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - -
July 12 0 3 0 2 0 0 - - - - - - - - -
July 13 0 3 0 - - - 0 17 0 3 3 0 5 1 0
July 14 0 5 0 2 10 0 0 9 0 - - - - - -
July 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 17 - - - 7 12 0 0 11 0 2 14 0 - - -
July 18 1 9 0 - - - 0 3 0 1 2 0 - - -
July 19 1 6 0 11 7 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 7 0
July 20 0 7 0 8 5 0 0 8 0 0 22 0 2 1 0
July 21 7 1 0 5 2 0 1 6 0 - - - - - -
July 22 1 6 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 23 15 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 24 18 0 0 14 1 0 5 11 0 - - - 15 0 0
July 25 19 6 0 27 0 0 4 2 0 - - - 18 0 0
July 26 10 1 0 24 3 0 4 7 0 - - - 35 1 0
July 27 35 9 0 24 5 0 2 7 0 9 1 0 15 2 0
July 28 22 2 0 - - - 3 7 0 11 0 0 46 0 0
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BW = Bollworm moths; GSB = Green stink bugs; BSB = Brown stink bugs
From: Mike Williams, County Extension Director, Chowan County
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Adult Insects
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Date CEW GSB BSB ECB
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July 18 0 6 0 0
July 19 0 4 0 3
July 20 0 2 0 5
July 21 1 6 - -
July 22 7 2 - -
July 23 - - - -
July 24 43 2 - -
July 25 40 2 - -
July 26 35 1 - -
July 27 41 13 - -
July 28 51 27 - -
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CEW = Corn earworms (bollworms); GSB = Green stink bugs;
BSB = Brown stink bugs; ECB = European corn borers
From: Mike Carroll, Agricultural Extension Agent, Craven County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date THW TBW CEW GSB BSB ECB FAW BAW Looper
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July 10 3 1 9 3 1 0 0 0 0
July 12 1 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
July 17 4 0 31 16 0 0 0 0 0
July 19 2 0 16 2 0 2 0 0 0
July 21 7 1 23 2 3 0 0 0 0
July 24 4 0 42 3 0 4 2 0 0
July 26 2 0 21 4 1 0 0 0 0
July 28 1 1 36 2 0 0 0 0 0
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THW = tobacco hornworms; TBW = tobacco budworms; CEW = corn earworms;
GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs; ECB = European corn
borers; FAW = fall armyworms; BAW = beet armyworms
Location of trap: Cove City
From: Colby S. Lambert, Agricultural Extension Agent, Cumberland County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date THW CEW GSB BSB
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June 30 trap set up
July 3 2 9 22 6
July 5 0 2 15 4
July 7 0 6 3 1
July 10 0 2 7 1
July 12 - - - -
July 14 1 0 31 2
July 17 4 16 29 1
July 19 19 40 23 1
July 21 28 129 10 2
July 24 13 439 10 0
July 26 4 401 0 0
July 28 6 321 15 1
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THW = tobacco hornworms; CEW = corn earworms;
GSB = green stinks bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
From: Curtis D. Fountain, Agricultural Extension Agent, Duplin County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date BW GSB BSB
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July 7 3 2 1
July 10 1 2 2
July 12 1 5 1
July 14 0 8 2
July 17 0 21 2
July 19 0 17 3
July 21 0 6 0
July 24 321 15 0
July 26 286 9 0
July 28 161 7 0
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BW = cotton bollworms; GSB = green
stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
Trap location: Albertson
Cooperator: Justin Murphy
From: Arthur R. Bradley, Jr., Agricultural Extension Agent, Edgecombe County
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Number of Adult Insects
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W Edgecombe /a Coakley /b Lawrence /c
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Date CEW BS GS CEW BS GS CEW BS GS
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July 7 0 0 3 7 0 48 - - -
July 10 0 0 0 14 7 1 - - -
July 12 0 0 12 3 0 34 - - -
July 14 0 0 13 4 0 61 - - -
July 17 0 0 3 9 0 27 0 0 1
July 19 0 0 2 7 0 24 0 0 0
July 21 0 0 4 6 0 12 - - -
July 24 - - - 29 1 61 5 0 0
July 26 30 0 2 46 0 11 55 0 11
July 28 45 1 8 46 0 14 11 0 2
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Abbreviations: CEW = corn earworms;
BS = brown stink bugs; GS = green stinks bugs
a = trap located 12 miles west of Tarboro; maintained by Tom Porter.
b = trap located 5 miles east of Tarboro; maintained by Bryan Mayo.
c = trap located at Lawrence; maintained by Terri Thomas.
From: Arthur Whitehead, Jr., Agricultural Extension Agent, Halifax County
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Scotland West
Hobgood Neck Enfield Weldon
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Date CEW GSB BSB CEW GSB BSB CEW GSB BSB CEW GSB BSB
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July 17 - 1 - - - - - - - - - -
July 19 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 21 - - - - - - 10 0 0 5 0 0
July 24 5 2 - 7 4 - 8 - 4 10 3 -
July 26 55 11 - 8 7 - 10 3 - 16 3 -
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From: Keith B. Walters, Agricultural Extension Agent, Hoke County
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Boyles Farm
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Date Moths GSB BSB
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June 28 28 4 0
June 30 72 26 0
July 3 - - -
July 5 13 7 0
July 7 41 9 13
July 10 32 7 0
July 12 16 5 1
July 14 17 33 4
July 17 12 22 3
July 19 27 27 2
July 21 39 14 3
July 24 23 14 11
July 26 223 9 17
July 28 198 7 7
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GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
Location of trap is Shannon Road, Shannon.
Trap monitored by Johnny Boyles.
From: Alan A. Harper, Lenoir County
June
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date HW CEW ECB AW AWC GSB BSB TBW
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June 7 Light trap erected
June 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
June 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
June 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
June 11 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 0
June 12 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0
June 13 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
June 14 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
June 15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
June 16 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 0
June 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
June 18 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
June 19 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0
June 20 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
June 21 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
June 22 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
June 23 1 0 1 0 0 5 7 1
June 24 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0
June 25 0 4 1 0 0 2 2 0
June 26 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 1
June 27 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 0
June 28 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
June 29 1 1 0 1 0 5 0 3
June 30 0 6 2 0 0 3 1 0
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July
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date HW CEW ECB AW AWC GSB BSB TBW
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July 1 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 0
July 2 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0
July 3 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 0
July 4 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 0
July 5 0 4 0 1 0 4 1 0
July 6 0 5 0 0 0 4 0 0
July 7 0 8 3 1 2 1 0 1
July 8 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 1
July 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
July 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
July 11 0 5 0 0 1 3 0 0
July 12 0 12 0 0 1 6 0 0
July 13 0 5 0 0 1 3 0 0
July 14 0 12 0 0 4 7 0 0
July 15 0 9 0 1 0 2 0 0
July 16 0 6 1 0 0 2 0 0
July 17 1 8 4 1 1 4 0 0
July 18 2 14 3 1 2 13 1 0
July 19 0 12 12 1 7 20 1 3
July 20 1 7 9 1 7 2 0 2
July 21 2 12 8 1 5 3 0 1
July 22 light inadvertently unplugged
July 23 1 4 5 1 1 2 0 1
July 24 4 23 2 1 5 0 0 4
July 25 9 59 2 1 1 29 0 5
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Abbreviations: HW = hornworms; CEW = corn earworms; ECB = European
corn borers; AW = true armyworms; AWC = armyworm complex; GSB =
green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs; TBW = tobacco budworms
From: J. B. Coltrain, County Extension Director, Martin County
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Farm Life Robersonville Palmyra
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Date BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB
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July 17 8 1 0 3 8 0 1 8 0
July 19 5 0 0 6 10 0 0 0 0
July 21 6 2 0 3 5 0 - - -
July 24 23 0 0 40 7 0 1 7 0
July 26 21 3 0 8 6 0 2 3 0
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BW = Bollworm moths; GSB = Green stink bugs; BSB = Brown stink bugs
From: Craig Ellison, Agricultural Extension Agent, Northampton County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Woodland Conway ‘Neck Seaboard Gaston Jackson
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Date CEW GR BR CEW GR BR CEW GR BR CEW GR BR CEW GR BR CEW GR BR
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July 17 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 84 6
July 19 - - - - - - - - - 4 10 0 - - - 0 124 4
July 21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 24 - - - 2 0 0 26 17 0 30 0 0 - - - 61 140 3
July 26 1 0 0 10 12 1 29 13 0 40 6 0 - - - 83 11 1
July 28 3 4 2 9 8 0 24 19 0 31 1 0 32 0 0 59 72 3
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CEW = corn earworms; gr = green stink bugs; br = brown stink bugs
Locations: Woodland, Conway, 'Neck, Seaboard, Gaston and Jackson
Monitored by: L. Culpepper, K. Edwards, B. Johnson, T. Flythe,
D. Grant and B. Bryant
From: Bryant M. Spivey, Agricultural Extension Agent, Onslow County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date Bollworms GSB BSB
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July 3 15 7 0
July 5 43 17 0
July 7 21 2 0
July 10 18 0 1
July 12 16 4 3
July 14 22 20 0
July 17 93 7 0
July 19 32 7 2
July 21 50 6 0
July 24 156 14 0
July 26 203 12 1
July 28 246 13 2
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GSB = green stinks bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
Insect counts are from a single black light trap
located approximately 1 mile east of Richlands.
From: Everett Davis, County Extension Director, Robeson County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date BW GSB BSB FAW
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July 8-9 7 8 1 4
July 10 4 9 0 0
July 11-12 7 12 1 0
July 13 5 5 0 1
July 14 27 12 1 3
July 15-16 62 21 2 2
July 17 63 19 2 1
July 18 102 25 1 6
July 19 162 21 1 4
July 20 211 27 2 6
July 21 258 22 3 6
July 23-23 349 32 2 7
July 24 312 15 2 9
July 25 315 21 0 16
July 26 481 20 0 23
July 27 387 15 1 19
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BW = bollworms; GSB = green stick bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; FAW = fall armyworms
Location is Rowland; monitored by Kay McGirt
From: Josh Gaddy, Agricultural Extension Agent, Sampson County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date BW GSB BSB THW
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June 30 trap set up
July 3 0 4 0 2
July 5 3 9 0 0
July 7 2 6 0 2
July 10 4 8 0 0
July 12 1 11 1 2
July 14 1 5 0 0
July 17 0 23 2 4
July 19 1 15 5 9
July 21 11 12 0 18
July 24 20 5 0 15
July 26 105 10 3 6
July 28 127 75 13 16
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BW = cotton bollworms; GSB = green stink bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; THW = tobacco hornworms
Black trap located 6 miles south of Clinton on
US-701S on the farm of Mike and James Hope.
From: David E. Morrison, Agricultural Extension Agent, Scotland County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Gibson John’s Laurinburg
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Date BW GSB BSB FAW BW GSB BSB FAW BW GSB BSB FAW
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July 7 - - - - 1 1 2 - 2 4 - -
July 10 11 3 - - 9 - - - 6 7 1 -
July 12 12 17 - - 9* 2* - - 3 3 1 -
July 14 16 38 - - 21 5 - - 3 10 - -
July 17 16 26 1 - 54 23 1 - 24 14 3 -
July 19 24 17 - - 70 7 - - 18 10 2 -
July 21 94 5 - - 138 7 - - 75 5 - -
July 24 263 20 - - 198 1 - - 190 15 - -
July 26 352 2 - - 292 3 - - 230 5 - -
July 28 232 17 2 - 145 4 1 - 418 19 - -
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BW = bollworms; GSB = green stink bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; FAW = fall armyworms
Trap Location: Gibson, Johns and Laurinburg
Monitored by: Jim Ellis, David Morrison,
Percy Rachels, Rusty Muse and T. G. Gibson
* light unplugged
From: Kevin Johnson, Agricultural Extension Agent, Wayne County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Seven Springs Goldsboro
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Date GSB BSB BW THW GSB BSB BW THW
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June 26 - - - - 43 3 10 6
June 28 - - - - 81 4 - -
June 29 - - - - 131 11 4 1
July 3 - - - - 91 9 5 2
July 5 - - - - 63 10 - -
July 7 - - - - 47 4 2 2
July 10 - - - - 15 0 5 3
July 12 2 1 - - 17 3 3 1
July 14 2 - 8 - 29 4 - -
July 17 15 2 20 - 111 11 2 5
July 19 - - - - 37 4 13 3
July 21 3 - 37 7 17 - 18 2
July 24 - - - - 47 2 78 11
July 26 - - - - 32 - 157 8
July 28 - - - - 66 5 209 3
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GSB = green stink bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs;
BW = budworms; THW = hornworms
Cooperators: D. M. Price (Seven Springs); Willie Howell (Goldsboro)
From: Norman E. Harrell, Agricultural Extension Agent, Wilson County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Lucama Pender's Xrds Sims Fountain
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Date CEW BS GS CEW BS GS CEW BS GS CEW BS GS
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July 14 5 1 16 - - - - - - - - -
July 17 13 2 2 - - - - - - 9 0 23
July 19 6 0 2 5 0 0 2 0 1 8 0 18
July 21 6 6 0 7 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 3
July 24 30 0 1 11 2 5 14 0 2 17 0 4
July 26 33 0 3 21 0 0 81 0 1 51 0 3
July 28 36 0 0 15 0 2 255 0 0 66 0 0
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Locations: Lucama, Pender's Crossroads, Sims and Fountain
Monitored by: Chris Bass, Adam Gardner, Thad Sharpe, IV and Barbara Smith
Employment and program opportunities are offered to all people regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating.
Last modified on July 31, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.