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From: Jack S. Bacheler, Extension Entomologist
As of August 4, the bollworm moth flight across the state is quite variable, with some light trap counts up and some down since August 2. It looks like the flight in the southern part of the state is finally easing off some, but because it began just under three weeks ago the moth flight in the central and northern counties could go on for an additional two weeks or so. Generally, this is a moderate to big flight in many areas of the state. Please refer to the Cotton Insect Corner web site (http://ipm.ncsu.edu/cotton/insectcorner/blacklight/index.html) for an easy glance at the flight’s progress and status across the state. If you compare this year’s flight with last year’s, you will see that this flight is about a week to 10 days earlier and much higher than in 2005. So beware.
Our limited conventional cotton acreage has met the egg or bollworm threshold in most cotton fields in all areas of the state. One consultant, who had horded some Agdia egg kits from last year, found that tobacco budworm eggs constituted approximately 70 percent of the egg lay on several conventional cotton fields in the initial part of the “bollworm” moth flight. In this case, an initial insecticide treatment with Steward contained the potentially damaging budworm population. I have received a few telephone calls about of poor “worm” control on conventional cotton following two well-timed pyrethroid insecticide applications. Odds are these were tobacco budworms. Thankfully, in North Carolina these budworm outbreaks on conventional cotton are not common, and tend to “play out” as the bollworm moth flight progresses.
In Bollgard or in WideStrike cotton that has been already treated with either Bidrin or Orthene alone for stink bugs and or plant bugs, pay attention to the possibility of earlier and possibly higher bollworm establishment. Sound twice per week scouting at this time can head off these potentially high bollworm infestations. In Bollgard II, bollworms have a more difficult time becoming established, but significant economic damage from bollworms can occur in fields in which an organophosphate insecticide was used for bugs within a week or less of a strong bollworm moth flight. Pyrethroid/Bidrin combinations probably make sense where bollworm and stink bug thresholds are being met, especially if brown stink bug are part of the mix. In a Wayne County stink bug threshold test on the morning of August 4, approximately 70 percent of the bug complex were brown stink bugs, while in swept cotton adjacent to a similar test near Rocky Mount revealed 80+ percent green stink bugs. A medium to high rate of a pyrethroid insecticide would have been a good choice for the latter situation, while a pyrethroid plus Bidrin tank mix would have been better for the first situation.
This very hot dry weather has resulted a quick production of bolls, high levels of stuck bloom tags in many cotton fields, and most eggs being deposited down in the plants, especially on pink and dried blooms. Watch for bollworms developing in these favored spots.
I have received a few telephone calls about fall armyworms found in scattered cotton fields, primarily in a few of our far eastern counties. These late-season caterpillars can be very difficult to control once they are more than about 1/3 of an inch in length. Fall armyworms can become established on conventional and on Bollgard cotton, but rarely on Bollgard II or on Widestrike cotton. Although no insecticides provide good control of fall armyworms, Intrepid is perhaps the most active of the lot. Watch for this pest over the next three weeks. For whatever set of reasons, fall armyworms historically have difficulty becoming established on cotton in North Carolina after about September 1.
It seems like plant bugs have generally “taken a back seat” to stink bugs over much of the state, and damage by all bugs is extremely variable. This marks another year in which good scouting really pays. Last year’s research both here and in Georgia suggested that weeks 3 through 6 of blooming were the cotton plant’s most likely period for stink bug damage to bolls, or at least a period of susceptibility to yield loss, so now would be a good time to respond quickly to threshold levels of bug damage to quarter-sized bolls.
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
Cars attacked by dragonflies! Well, not quite. The wandering glider (Pantala flavescens) (image by Forrest Mitchell, Digital Dragonfly Museum) is one of the most widespread dragonflies. This attractive dragonfly is found from late June to September and often fairly far from water. What makes this species interesting is the habit of the females to dive and dip their ovipositor on the painted surface of certain shiny cars. It may be that the cars appear as pools of water from above. One can observe this in many parking lots at this time of year. Several years ago, we had an auto dealership that felt the dragonflies were damaging or at least marring the polished finish they worked so hard to maintain on their cars.
About once per year we receive an inquiry about a strange worm that turns up in the garden. The culprit is usually a land planarian called Bipalium kewense (PDIC photo submission). They are suspected to have been introduced and are predatory on earthworms. There is really no way to control these worms that wouldn't kill the earthworms, also. Some have heads that slightly resemble that of a hammer head shark, hence sometimes people call them hammer head worms. There is usually a distinct dark, median line down.
Horsehair worms (image by Gary Averbeck, University of Minnesota Veterinary Pathobiology) are huge nematodes that are parasitic on grasshoppers and related insects. They are not harmful to humans. Horsehair worms often end up in swimming pools, water troughs, etc. when a parasitized insect dies in or near the water and the horsehair worms emerge. The old folk "wisdom" was that horse hairs, when they fell into the water, transformed into these worms (hence the name). Again, they are not harmful (actually they are beneficial in that they kill grasshoppers and crickets) and can simply be skimmed from the pool.
I have just seen my first orangestriped oakworm and it was a late instar larva. Trees that were completely defoliated last year look fine this year. The orangestriped oakworm is sometimes very abundant on oaks in summer. They occasionally feed on other hardwoods as well. The moth is brown in color with a white spot and a dark stripe on each forewing. The moths emerge in June and July and deposit their eggs in clusters of several hundred on the underside of oak leaves. They start as tiny, green caterpillars and eventually grow into attractive black caterpillars with yellow or orange stripes running lengthwise along their bodies. These caterpillars have a prominent pair of spines or slender horns sticking up behind the head. Young caterpillars feed in groups whereas older caterpillars tend to be solitary, although there may be thousands of caterpillars on a single tree. Small trees are sometimes defoliated completely by mid summer.
As the caterpillars mature, they are often seen crawling along sidewalks, driveways and yards. There is usually one generation per year, and the caterpillars overwinter as pupae in the soil. Control is complicated by the size of many of the infested trees. Most people do not have sprayers that can reach very high into shade trees, and by the time the caterpillars descend and crawl about on the soil they are extremely resistant to pesticides. Fortunately, late summer defoliations are much less damaging to the health of trees than early spring defoliations. In most cases it is probably better to rely on birds, diseases and parasites to lower the population next year.
Closely related to yellownecked caterpillars and azalea caterpillars, are the walnut caterpillars (Datana integerrima). Walnut caterpillars feed primarily on walnut, pecans and some kinds of hickory. They have an interesting habit of gathering in clumps on tree trunks when they molt. These overwinter as pupae in the soil. Brown adult moths emerge mid-summer and to lay egg masses on the underside of leaves. Eggs hatch a few weeks later and younger larvae feed close together for a while. First instar caterpillars are fairly smooth, but late instars may be quite hairy. For a U. S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service leaflet on walnut caterpillars, see the following web site: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/fidls/Walnutcat/walnutfidl.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
July 31 - - - 132 5 0 215 14 0 36 9 2 42 3 0
August 2 - - - 118 4 1 230 15 0 43 8 0 33 2 0
August 4 - - - 102 1 0 245 12 0 57 11 0 10 0 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
July 29 30 3 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 30 55 1 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 31 102 0 0 7 1 0 54 31 0 50 6 0 60 4 0
August 1 93 4 0 178 1 0 39 7 0 16 4 0 170 0 0
August 2 215 10 0 87 8 0 53 6 0 19 3 0 236 6 0
August 3 265 12 0 77 1 0 66 12 0 - - - 305 3 0
August 4 202 8 0 83 4 0 65 5 0 19 5 0 351 4 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 - -
July 29 46 4 - -
July 30 81 68 - -
July 31 160 8 - -
August 1 140 7 - -
August 2 137 19 - -
August 3 265 20 - -
August 4 161 21 - -
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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 25 2 0 21 4 1 0 0 0 0
July 26 1 1 36 2 0 0 0 0 0
July 27 2 0 31 1 1 0 0 0 0
July 28 4 0 43 2 0 0 0 0 0
July 31 9 0 318 16 1 0 2 0 0
August 1 0 2 96 3 0 1 3 0 0
August 2 4 0 187 7 3 1 2 0 0
August 3 1 0 153 3 1 0 0 0 0
August 4 4 0 149 6 1 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
July 31 - - - -
August 2 9 180 46 8
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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
July 31 715 32 0
August 2 557 60 1
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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 0 0 2
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
July 31 117 1 13 72 0 39 1 0 0
August 2 50 0 8 107 0 14 11 0 5
August 4 58 0 13 190 0 39 70 0 1
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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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Abbreviations: CEW = corn earworms;
GSB = green stinks bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
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
July 31 327 23 18
August 2 276 32 18
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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: Curtis D. Fountain, County Extension Director, Jones County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date BW GSG BSB HW
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July 21 3 3 1 2
July 24 4 1 0 2
July 26 6 1 7 3
July 28 63 0 0 10
July 31 140 1 6 7
August 2 244 4 1 10
August 4 265 2 4 6
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Trap Location: Comfort
Monitored by: Morris and Brett Pike
BW = bollworms; GSB = green stink bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; HW = hornworms
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
July 26 6 44 4 1 3 3 0 3
July 27 1 105 9 4 0 17 1 4
July 28 5 99 5 3 4 8 0 7
July 29 2 41 2 1 1 5 0 0
July 30 3 177 7 2 4 8 0 3
July 31 1 158 8 1 3 10 2 6
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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
July 28 19 7 0 8 5 0 - - -
July 31 46 17 2 20 10 0 2 3 0
August 2 78 8 0 22 8 1 15 15 0
August 4 60 2 0 65 8 1 131 31 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
July 31 3 22 2 10 19 4 50 35 0 72 12 0 53 0 0 208 191 2
August 2 1 11 1 9 18 1 53 41 0 57 12 2 22 2 0 103 94 2
August 4 4 13 1 17 9 4 49 58 0 46 8 2 24 0 0 157 135 5
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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
July 31 345 8 0
August 2 125 6 0
August 4 101 6 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
July 28 457 18 0 21
July 29-30 761 32 3 23
July 31 536 32 2 11
August 1 # 89 6 0 0
August 2 137 18 1 1
August 3 194 23 0 1
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BW = bollworms; GSB = green stick bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; FAW = fall armyworms
Location is Rowland; monitored by Kay McGirt
# = field was sprayed
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
July 31 150 21 4 6
August 2 101 31 18 6
August 4 158 28 10 8
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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 - -
July 31 411 28 - - 593 5 1 - 408 16 - -
August 2 124 36 - - 375 30 2 - 336 7 1 -
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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 1 2 62 3 47 2 78 11
July 26 11 1 100 4 32 - 157 8
July 28 9 - 105 - 66 5 209 3
July 31 10 1 125 10 174 10 264 8
August 2 25 8 235 3 134 12 238 5
August 4 5 6 130 6 174 18 224 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 0 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
July 31 60 0 1 66 0 9 84 0 7 61 0 20
August 2 46 0 0 71 0 2 44 0 1 34 0 9
August 4 49 0 0 51 0 3 31 0 0 66 1 24
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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 August 7, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.