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From: Jack S. Bacheler, Extension Entomologist
Bollworm moth counts in black light traps are trending downward across much of the state, although a few scattered locations in the central and northern counties of North Carolina showed their highest counts of the year this week. With moth counts in the 100 to 200 range (two night counts) in two of three traps Scotland County this Friday, moth levels will probably remain high enough in all areas of the state to result in potentially damaging bollworm populations where cotton is attractive. With our widely variable moisture availability, and thus cotton attractiveness to egg laying moths, local conditions will probably be more important than the flight status from here on. Drought conditions have pushed cotton quickly toward “cutout” in many areas of the state, while in other areas cotton remains very attractive and susceptible to damage.
This appears to be a rough year for “worm escapes”, with more that our share of both tobacco budworms on conventional cotton and bollworms on conventional and Bollgard cotton. Whether the larger bollworms resulted from very heavy egg pressure, the disruptive effects of organophosphate insecticides such as Bidrin alone for stink bug control, an extremely high proportion of stuck bloom tags (over 50 percent of the 3˝ week old bolls we checked in a stink bug test in Wayne County the morning of August 11 still had attached dried blooms), mistimed applications, or too little volume, the question of what to do with large bollworms remains frustrating. Unfortunately, no reasonable insecticide control measure for large (˝ to 5/8 inch, or longer) bollworms or tobacco budworms exits, despite the various concoctions offered through the years. To add insult to injury, the cycling through of large larvae doesn’t mean that one is out of the woods. With a bollworm moth flight that looks like it may last 3 to 4 weeks in some places, another batch of eggs and worms could be on the way. As is always the case, some cotton fields remain clean with minimal insecticide input.
Reports of fall armyworms have increased during the past week, still mostly from scattered cotton fields in south central and in far eastern counties. With continued hot, dry weather, levels of fall armyworms can probably be expected to increase. Fall armyworms appear to have a far easier time becoming established under drought conditions. If cooler, rainy conditions prevail during the coming week, fall armyworms will probably not fare as well. In the past, we have had reasonable luck in controlling a combination bollworms and small fall armyworms with a tank mix of a pyrethroid insecticide plus either Lorsban (chlorpyrofos) or Larvin. The pyrethroid insecticides Karate and bifenthrin (Capture, Brigade, Sniper and Discipline) have shown greater activity against fall armyworms than some of the other pyrethroids, although less is known about the activity of the newer pyrethroids like Mustang Max and Prolex. Intrepid also shows at least fair activity against fall armyworms, and might be another tank mix alternative. Phillip Roberts at the University of Georgia has had some reports of Diamond showing good fall armyworm activity, though the cost is just under $10.00 per acre, and little replicated testing information is available. Attempting to control large fall armyworms typically ends in disappointment.
Damage to quarter-sized bolls from stink bugs and plant bugs is also extremely variable across that state and from field to field. In our stink bug tests in Wayne County, damage to untreated check plots was around 30 percent on August 9, while damage in other tests near drier Rocky Mount hovered around 5 percent. Where treated, hopefully based on thresholds, control of bugs appears to be good. In most cotton fields, we are still in the susceptible stage of Weeks 3 to 6 of blooming. In our dry areas, most of us would gladly trade rainy weather patterns for a greater chance of stink bug damage resulting from a more extended boll production period.
Within the next week or two, much of our cotton should be pointing us toward raising stink bug thresholds based on a higher proportion of 3˝ week old “bug-safe” bolls.
From: Steve Koenning, Extension Plant Pathologist, and Jim Dunphy, Extension Soybean Agronomist
Sentinel plots continue to be monitored weekly, and several samples from kudzu in the southern part of the state were taken to the lab for examination. All were negative for Asiatic soybean rust. Rust has not been found in North Carolina thus far. Frogeye leaf spot is quite common in susceptible varieties and this disease does warrant fungicide application on highly susceptible varieties.
Soybean rust is starting to develop at a faster pace to the south of North Carolina. It has been found in Jefferson County, Mississippi (along the Mississippi River), in Jefferson County, Florida, and as the afternoon of August 7, Tift County, Georgia. This find on soybeans growing on a commercial research site is located about 300 miles from Charlotte, 530 miles from Elizabeth City, 360 miles from Fayetteville, 255 miles from Murphy, 405 miles from Raleigh, 465 miles from Washington (North Carolina), 375 miles from Wilmington, and 370 miles from Winston-Salem.
Asiatic soybean rust has now been found on soybeans in 9 counties in five states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi). It has been found on kudzu in 5 counties in Alabama, 13 in Florida, 6 in Georgia, 3 in Louisiana, 1 in Texas, and 1 in Mississippi.
Although it has been hot and dry through much of the Mid-South and Delta, recent storms in northern Florida and southern Georgia may result in increasing detections of soybean rust. 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 registrations (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 web (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/soybeanrust/index.php) and USDA soybean rust and soybean aphid web site (http://www.usda.gov/soybeanrust/). The USDA site also contains tools to help manage insurance claims and current information on labeled fungicides.
In the past ten years or so, foliar fungicides have not been recommended routinely for use in soybean in North Carolina. The exceptions to this rule have been in situations where frogeye leaf spot was found on a susceptible variety, or in instances where a grower received a premium for edible beans or seed beans. Fungicide trials typically showed a one to two bushel yield increase with the use of materials like Benlate. With soybean prices generally in the $5.00 per bushel range this expense could hardly be justified. More recent work with Quadris at 6 ounces per acre showed yield increases of 1.5 bushels per acre in North Carolina, although some locations in Virginia and elsewhere showed yield increases on the order of three to five bushels per acre or more with strobilurin-type fungicides (Headline or Quadris). With soybean prices approaching $7.00 per bushel, the chances of recouping chemical costs from fungicide application at the R3 stage certainly improve, and may allow producers to sleep better at night. Also, consider the rate per acre of the fungicide you choose to use. In general, higher rates will provide longer residual control, so the possibility exists that one application at the higher rate may eliminate or reduce the need for a second application. Remember though, that soybean should not be sprayed beyond the R5 stage and much of our full season soybean crop, especially early maturing varieties, are nearly out of the woods as far as soybean rust is concerned. Approximately 5,000 copies of the book Using Foliar Fungicides To Manage Soybean Rust have been delivered to county Extension offices and the book is also available on-line at http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/SoyRust/index.htm. Our general recommendations for using fungicides to manage rust in North Carolina are included as an attachment.
A fungal disease, target spot of soybean (caused by Corynespora cassicola), has been identified from a few of the samples sent to the North Carolina State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic from sentinel plots in 2006. In 2004, this disease resulted in early defoliation of certain soybean varieties and resulted in yield losses of as much as 50 percent. While we don’t understand why this disease was a problem in 2004 and 2005 when we had not seen it since about 1981, target spot has appeared on soybean in much of the southeast this year. At this time we suspect that only a few varieties are susceptible to this disease. The use of a foliar fungicide may well be warranted on susceptible varieties, especially if there is a good chance for extended periods of rain. Please consult the on-line version of the North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual for recommendations for fungicides at http://ipm.ncsu.edu/agchem/agchem.html.
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
If you have been watching the insect light trap data in the North Carolina Pest News, Robeson County has been reporting a lot of moths during the last week of July. If populations of larvae are going to appear, they may start being noticed within the next week or so. Start scouting for them now or soon. Of the other counties checking for fall armyworms, none have been reported and moths in light traps.
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
Peachtree borers are caterpillars of a clearwinged moth. The moths closely resemble paper wasps, but of course the moths do not sting. These moths emerge throughout the growing season, but the great majority of them are in flight between August 15 and September 15. Consequently, most of the borers can be preventatively controlled by spraying the trunk with cyfluthrin or other pyrethroid around August 15 and again around September 1. The moths lay eggs at the base of peaches, plums, cherrylaurels, and ornamental cherries.
From these eggs hatch tiny, white caterpillars that bore into the bark and tunnel in the cambium at the base of the tree. If many borers infest a tree, the cambium may be completely girdled beneath the bark, and the tree will die. The borers pupate inside the infested tree during late spring and summer and then emerge as moths a few weeks later. The prevailing recommendation is a spray to prevent further borers from invading the tree if this is a problem. There is not a simple method to control larvae already boring in the wood.
Pompilid wasps are active at this time. These large colorful metallic wasps have no reason to sting people. They are not social or colonial. Their mission in life is to catch spiders to provision a nest for offspring. Many have active, bright colored antennae and some have additional coloration.
This week I received an image of redhumped caterpillars on redbud from Greg Trawick in Stanley County. The redhumped caterpillar is not as common as many other tree foliage feeding caterpillars. Redhumped caterpillars are widespread, but usually not abundant enough to cause concern. They feed on most shade and fruit trees. Redhumped caterpillars are so named because there is a red hump toward the rear. The head is also red. Whenever the worm is handled, it gives off a disagreeable odor. Like other gregarious caterpillars, redhumped caterpillars feed in a group and completely strip all the leaves on one twig before moving to another branch. The moths are grayish brown in color with a two-inch wingspan. They appear from May to August and lay eggs in masses of about 100 on the undersides of leaves. When the caterpillars mature, they crawl down and spin cocoons in the mulch. The winter and spring is spent there. There is only one generation per year.
Although one might apply a pesticide such as Sevin to the leaves, I think a long stick could knock many of the larvae out of the tree where they could be crushed underfoot. If one can reach, prune out the leaves with the caterpillars on them while still small.
Cynipid gall wasps in the genus Neuroterus cause various shapes of galls on the leaves of oaks (image by Keith Edkins). Some Neuroterus galls are deciduous and even saltatorial (they jump!). When the leaf galls mature, the galls drop from the leaf and the gall wasps grubs inside can actually cause the galls to jump around on the ground. When each gall drops off, a scar is left on the leaf. Fungi can then invade the leaves through the scars and cause death of the leaf tissue in the area of the gall. When many gall scars are present, much of the leaf area (especially the apex) will die. This may cause premature leaf drop.
Neuroterus gall wasps have alternating generations in which there is a two or three-year twig gall and a growing season leaf gall that only lasts a few months. In the past, insecticides such as Sevin were suggested in the spring just after leaf out. I don't think this would be a big help and could throw the tree ecosystem more out of balance, if it helped at all. Controlling the leaf galls completely one year may have little impact on the density of the galls the following year.
We are not sure why some trees seem to be particularly attractive to gall wasps. Such trees may be under stress. It may be just as effective to control the wasps by improving the growing conditions of the tree.
For more information on galls on oaks, see Ornamental and Turf Insect Information Note No. 5. (http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/trees/note05/note05.html).
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
August 7 71 158 9 80 1 0 375 9 0 52 4 0 5 1 0
August 9 39 14 0 28 0 0 150 6 0 67 3 0 16 0 0
August 11 42 21 1 38 5 0 145 4 0 61 7 0 17 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
August 5 115 3 0 80 2 0 - - - 31 5 0 - - -
August 6 34 3 0 56 0 0 - - - - - - - - -
August 7 14 0 0 42 3 0 92 0 0 21 2 0 470 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 - -
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 - -
August 5 103 5 - -
August 6 - - - -
August 7 65 0 - -
August 8 51 0 - -
August 9 78 2 - -
August 10 11 0 - -
August 11 21 0 - -
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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
August 7 3 2 179 2 0 0 4 0 0
August 9 0 0 42 0 0 0 2 0 0
August 11 0 0 23 0 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
August 4 - - - -
August 7 9 466 67 5
August 9 1 103 20 0
August 11 0 114 24 0
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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
August 4 525 32 2
August 7 152 12 1
August 9 57 13 2
August 11 48 2 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
August 7 30 0 1 79 0 1 22 0 1
August 9 29 1 3 39 0 3 11 0 4
August 11 25 0 4 - - - 3 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 - - 8 7 - 10 3 - 16 3 -
July 28 - - - 11 - - 23 - - - - -
July 31 1 - - 16 - - 27 - - 16 - -
August 2 11 - - 22 - - 26 - - - - -
August 4 70 - - 25 - - 29 - - 4 - -
August 7 22 - - 32 - - 28 - - 10 - -
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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
August 4 147 11 2
August 7 353 36 8
August 9 78 6 0
August 11 167 7 0
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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
August 7 25 1 2 9
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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
August 7 27 14 2 21 0 0 62 1 0
August 9 53 23 0 34 4 0 51 10 0
August 11 28 6 0 27 3 1 16 33 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
August 7 0 0 0 3 4 0 53 8 0 - - - 11 0 0 199 20 0
August 9 22 1 0 6 0 0 58 9 0 29 0 0 - - - 271 20 0
August 11 13 0 0 4 2 0 49 9 0 7 0 0 - - - 227 8 0
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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
August 9 68 6 0
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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: Lewis Smith, County Extension Director, Perquimans County
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No. of Adult Insects
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Date Bollworms
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July 28 1
July 29 9
July 30 29
August 1 80
August 2 96
August 3 77
August 4 87
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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
August 4 162 11 0 2
August 5-6 209 12 1 3
August 7 93 8 0 2
August 8 - - - -
August 9-10 219 42 2 3
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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
August 7 33 60 8 9
August 9 67 11 1 2
August 11 60 30 2 5
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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 -
August 4 212 15 - - 275 30 1 - 224 10 - -
August 7 181 14 - - 94 3 - - 111 7 - -
August 9 102 1 - - 109 2 - - 129 1 - -
August 11 194 4 - - 145 1 - - 113 7 - -
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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
August 7 7 3 250 5 101 9 174 6
August 9 52 3 96 3 14 2 35 1
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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
August 7 73 0 0 26 0 0 3 0 2 40 0 9
August 9 18 1 1 8 0 0 2 0 0 18 0 8
August 11 26 1 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 27 1 1
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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 14, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.