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From: Stephen J. Toth, Jr., Extension Entomologist
Several North Carolina State University web sites containing pest management and pesticide information are available for county Extension agents, growers, pesticide applicators, agricultural consultants, pest control operators, landscapers, homeowners and other interested persons. The first site is the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' Pesticide Programs and Educational Resources web page at: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/pesticides. This site is a portal to a variety of programs in the College that address pesticide-related topics ranging from agromedicine to wildlife protection. Also, links are provided to newsletters, fact sheets, manuals, and other pesticide information sources available from the various academic departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The second site is the North Carolina Pest Management Information Program web page at: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/ncpmip. This program serves as an information resource on current agricultural and non-agricultural pest management practices, problems and issues in North Carolina and offers timely, science-based pest management and pesticide information to readers. The site provides access to pest management profiles (i.e., crop profiles) for agricultural crops and non-agricultural sites in North Carolina.
The third site is the North Carolina Pesticide Safety Education Program web page at: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/pesticidesafety. This program promotes the responsible use of pesticides in North Carolina through educational resources and training. Information on pesticide certification, licensing, training, disposal, container recycling, record keeping, etc. is available on the site.
The fourth site is the Southern Region Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Center web page at: http://www.sripmc.org. The Southern Region IPM Center, funded by the U. S. Department of Agriculture and managed at North Carolina State University, supports numerous IPM research, educational and regulatory activities and the communication of IPM within the Southern U. S. The site provides considerable information on IPM in a variety of settings, both agricultural and non-agricultural.
Bookmark these web sites on your computer for timely, up-to-date information on pest management and pesticides in North Carolina and the Southern U. S.
From: Jack S. Bacheler, Extension Entomologist
Black light trap counts of bollworm moths are sharply down across virtually all of North Carolina compared to a week ago. Unfortunately, black light traps are unattractive to tobacco budworm moths, and budworms this year have remained part of the bollworm/budworm mix far longer than is typically the case here. This is probably part of the reason for the worm control difficulties experienced by a number of producers in recent weeks. High levels of bollworm moths up to a few days ago and a high proportion of stuck dried bloom tags haven’t help matters either. In Rocky Mount on the morning of August 18, several pairs of budworm and bollworm pheromone traps revealed approximately twice as many budworm moths as bollworm moths. Even with these lower overall moth numbers, later maturing, attractive cotton is still in evidence in some areas of the state (particularly where moisture conditions are good), so responding to threshold levels of bollworms is still advised, although these thresholds can probably be raised two to three fold if boll inspections center on blooms tags instead of a random sample of all boll sizes.
Reports of fall armyworms have remained about the same this week, with only occasional cotton fields in need to treatment for combinations of bollworms and fall armyworms. This would be a good pest to watch, however, for about the next two weeks. On the positive side, in North Carolina fall armyworms have a difficult time getting beyond the point of “windowpaning” the inner bract surfaces of medium and large bolls after about September 1.
Damage to quarter-sized bolls from stink bugs and plant bugs appear to have decreased sharply the past week over much of the state. Last week, our untreated checks in a Wayne County stink bug test showed 30 percent internal damage from primarily stink bugs. This week internal damage to quarter-sized bolls in the untreated plots was only 5 to 6 percent. In Rocky Mount, damage was also low. However, expect possible stink bug buildups in ranker cotton with good moisture levels. We are still in the period of moderate to high boll susceptibility in cotton that has not begun to “cut out.” This would be a good time to increase thresholds to the 20 or 30 percent range in fields that contain mostly large bolls. Be sure to continue to sample only quarter-sized bolls for internal wart or stained lint damage.
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
Slime flux (image from Randy Cyr, forestryimages.org) is a bacterial disease that affects hardwood trees such as oaks. Gas (carbon dioxide) is produced by fermentation by bacteria. The gas produces pressure in the wood. This pressure forces sap from the trunk through cracks in any weak spot in the bark. This oozing of sap is termed fluxing. This would attract many different kinds of insects, such as hornets, wasps, flies, and butterflies. Besides the sweet and fermentation odors (which some have described as resembling that of whiskey) moisture may also be attracting insects during drought. In addition to the sap, some hornets might find it easy pickings to prey upon the other visiting insects.
There is no way to stop the fluxing. Frequent watering might wash off enough sap and reduce the odors, but most people don't want to bother to do it often enough. Sevin dust discourages many visitors, but a pyrethroid-based spray, if applied to the fluxing spot directly, should work to repel insects for a while. You could also try using some screening over it, or heavy mulching over the spot if it is at the base of the tree. Be sure to remove the mulch after the fluxing stops. The insects themselves are not harming the tree and nothing really needs to be done about it if it doesn't bother you. For more about slime flux, see Ornamental Disease Note No. 8 at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/oldnotes/od8.htm.
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) cooperates with Kelly Solutions to provide a website that lists all pesticides registered in North Carolina. This database is searchable by trade name, active ingredient, pest, or application site. There are many other searchable items among this database. It can tell you if a product registration is current, discontinued or not been renewed. I encourage you to use this resource, which is available at: http://www.kellysolutions.com/nc/.
Just a reminder that “'tis the season” and we've already had reports of stinging caterpillars. Some of the stinging caterpillars are called slug caterpillars because their prolegs lack the tiny hooks that most other caterpillars have, and the prolegs are so short that some of the slug caterpillars resemble slugs. Several species of slug caterpillars, saddleback caterpillars, hag moth caterpillars and stinging rose caterpillars, have stinging hairs that can inflict a quite painful sensation.
Some people are sensitive to exposure and may require professional medical treatment. Slug caterpillars overwinter in tough silk cocoons. Moths emerge the following spring and summer and lay flat eggs on leaves of various trees and shrubs. Puss caterpillars are one of the stinging caterpillars in the family of flannel moths. They produce a stinging sensation when brushed against due to tiny hollow spines, which are filled with an urticating fluid. Puss caterpillars feed on various deciduous trees and shrubs, especially oak, elm, hackberry, maple, and sycamore trees. The moths are yellow-brown in color and have fluffy, wavy, white hairs. The young larvae sometimes feed in groups on the surface of the leaf. Older larvae devour the entire leaf. The caterpillars finally spin a dense cocoon in which it spends the winter. Puss caterpillars are usually not abundant enough to be noticed, although rare outbreaks may be widespread and may cause noticeable defoliation. Two generations probably occur each year, and the winter is spent in the cocoon spun some place on the host tree. Sevin or one of the Bacillus thuringiensis (B.t.) pesticides should give adequate control, although B.t. is not very effective on older caterpillars. Usually only a few are found and chemical control is not needed. Crush the insects with a stick or rock, if desired. You can also leave it alone. For more information, see the Extension publication Stinging and Venomous Caterpillars from the University of Florida at: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN014.
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
August 14 36 6 0 52 0 0 180 5 0 84 1 0 26 0 0
August 16 22 46 1 28 3 0 168 14 0 42 4 0 15 1 0
August 18 11 17 0 27 1 0 152 19 0 28 0 0 24 1 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 - -
August 12 17 0 - -
August 13 8 0 - -
August 14 10 0 - -
August 15 35 0 - -
August 16 85 0 - -
August 17 36 0 - -
August 18 41 1 - -
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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
August 14 4 0 24 0 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
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
August 14 4 152 14 0
August 16 1 91 24 1
August 18 4 141 50 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
August 14 13 0 0
August 16 14 0 0
August 18 31 3 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 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
August 14 - - - 35 0 1 1 0 0
August 16 23 0 4 169 0 16 7 0 2
August 18 13 1 2 122 0 2 4 0 0
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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
August 14 319 13 0
August 16 64 12 0
August 18 51 13 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
August 9 28 1 0 3
August 11 16 0 0 5
August 14 2 0 0 3
August 16 1 0 0 2
August 18 1 0 0 2
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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
August 14 14 1 0 16 0 0 21 1 0
August 16 7 4 0 21 4 0 23 9 0
August 18 17 5 0 18 1 0 26 1 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
August 14 8 0 0 6 0 0 19 2 0 9 0 0 - - - 204 1 0
August 16 11 1 0 4 2 0 34 6 0 - - - - - - 227 28 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 7 59 3 0
August 9 68 6 0
August 11 20 0 0
August 15 28 8 0
August 18 20 1 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
August 5 48
August 6 21
August 7 11
August 8 22
August 9 14
August 10 6
August 11 6
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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
August 11-13 165 28 1 10
August 14 27 4 0 6
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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
August 14 71 5 1 5
August 16 23 5 1 5
August 18 21 12 0 10
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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 5 - -
August 14 69 2 - - 78 - - - 57 2 - -
August 16 58 23 - - 43 3 1 - 37 - 3 -
August 18 19 2 - - 71 1 - - 27 - - -
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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
August 11 - - - - 20 4 30 2
August 14 - - - - 10 1 19 0
August 16 - - - - 32 2 72 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
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
August 14 7 0 0 12 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 0
August 16 20 0 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 14
August 18 21 0 1 26 0 0 3 0 0 15 0 2
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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 21, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.