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This will be the final issue of the North Carolina Pest News for 2006. The editor would like to thank all of the Extension specialists and county agents and directors that contributed articles and/or insect trap data for the newsletter this season.
If you have any comments, criticisms or suggestions regarding the content or format of the North Carolina Pest News, please forward them to the editor (e-mail: Steve_Toth@ncsu.edu). Your input will help us improve the quality of the newsletter in the future.
Thank you for your interest in the North Carolina Pest News. The newsletter will resume in April of 2007. Meanwhile, individual articles on insect and disease pests in North Carolina will be provided as Pest Alerts via electronic mail and the Internet (http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/palert99.html).
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 fairly common in susceptible varieties as is target spot and these diseases may warrant fungicide application on highly susceptible varieties. A strobilurin fungicide (Headline or Quadris) is recommended for these diseases. Soybean downey mildew is also prevalent in most areas of the State.
Asiatic soybean rust is starting to develop at a faster pace to the south of North Carolina. The most recent find is at the research station near Florence, South Carolina. A few pustules on one leaf out of 50 leaves examined. This is within a hundred miles of much of North Carolina. Asiatic soybean rust has been confirmed near St. Matthews, in Calhoun County in South Carolina. One lesion was found on one of 25 leaves on a maturity group V soybean at stage R5 (full sized pods with small beans); no lesions were found on the group IV variety at the same site. A second sentinel plot in Dorchester County, South Carolina, south of Santee Cooper, was found with more pustules on the late variety. It is at Wells Cross Road at near the intersection of 178 and 15. This is no closer than the previous find. Dr. John Mueller of Clemson University is recommending that those growers with good yield potential should consider spraying a fungicide. This recommendation is within the scope of what we are recommending with the 100-mile limit. A combination of Strobilurin and a triazole (Headline SBR, Stratego, or Quilt) may be the best approach for them since they rarely grow anything earlier than a maturity group VI soybean and many group VII soybeans are susceptible to Frogeye and Target spot.
Ninety-one percent of the soybean crop has set pods. Thus, about 85 to 95 percent of the crop is no longer at risk. Soybean producers in the southern counties of North Carolina should be alert for rust moving any closer. If rust gets within 100 miles, and the soybeans do not yet have fairly good sized seeds in the pods, we suggest spraying with a strobilurin fungicide. Assuming that some growers may not get into the field before mid-week after the rain, consider a combination of a strobilurin and a triazole (Headline SBR, Stratego, or Quilt), especially on late maturity (Group VII or VIII) and/or late-planted soybean.
Soybeans that have full sized soybeans in the pods (stage R6) before rust is identified in the field will probably mature before rust causes significant yield loss, and it is illegal to spray any of our fungicides that late in soybean development. As infrequently as rust affects soybeans that have not started blooming, we also would not spray soybeans that have not started blooming yet.
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.
From: Michael G. Waldvogel and Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologists
We are receiving numerous reports about velvet ants, a.k.a. cow killers. These insects aren't cow killers or ants. They are wasps in the family Mutilidae. The body of the velvet ant is covered with reddish and black hairs that give it a velvety appearance. Male velvet ants have wings, but the wingless females are the ones most often spotted by people in their yards. Most species of velvet ants are parasites of other bees and wasps, including formidable creatures like cicada killers. The female velvet ant is often seen scurrying over open, sandy stretches of soil that are the preferred nesting sites for many ground-dwelling bees and wasps. She lays her eggs on or near a developing bee (not on the adult) and her offspring proceed to feed on the helpless host insects.
Female velvet ants make a squeaking sound if they are handled. This is soon followed by a distinct shriek by the unfortunate person who picked her up and was stung in the process. Most inquiring minds ask about the severity of the stings. We would say that they are on par with any bee or wasp sting, but we've never picked one up either, so we're just guessing. Of course, people who are hypersensitive to bee and wasp stings may have a more severe reaction and should avoid close encounters with the cowkiller. Treatment for velvet ant stings is the same as for any bee/wasp sting.
Velvet ants are not social insects. We're not referring to their dispositions, but to the fact that they are solitary wasps more like cicada killers. They do not live in a colony. So, even if you see several velvet ants (which is quite likely the case), they are all individual females doing their own thing and roaming in search of prey. For this reason, dousing your yard with pesticides is not going to be efficient because there is no nest of these things for you to target.
The velvet ant has a tough exoskeleton, which protects her from stings by the host wasps in the nests that they invade and it similarly provides some protection from light-hearted (or light footed) attempts to crush her. Never employ this control method while barefoot. The best advice, anyway, is to just let them “do their thing.”
From: Stephen B. Bambara, Extension Entomologist
Want to try to identify your own scale insects? Weigh in at the following web site: http://www.sel.barc.usda.gov/scalekeys/keys/ScaleInsectsHome/ScaleInsectsHome.html.
For information and images of bark and wood boring beetles, see the following web site: http://www.barkbeetles.org/.
Information on homeowner insecticides changes frequently and you're not likely to find this information neatly in the North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual, so county Extension agents who fight this battle regularly may find some help in the following resources on the web:
http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/applying/tactics/pesticides/insecides_in_colorado_2004.pdf
http://www.bayeradvanced.com/garden/master-gardener/active-ingredients.cfm
Grubs in lawns. Soon would be the time to treat for grubs, but it is doubtful that many homeowners approach anywhere near the insecticide treatment threshold. Don't treat unless you count 10+ grubs per square foot of turf. You may not need to treat the entire lawn.
Fall spiders. Ignore the spiders and sweep away the nests with a broom. See information on common spiders in the landscape in Ornamental and Turf Insect Information Note No. 137 on the web at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Other/note137/note137.html.
Twolined spittlebugs. If populations of twolined spittlebugs were high in turf this summer, adults may start to damage the leaves of some hollies. See an article on twolined spittlebugs in the August 26, 2005 North Carolina Pest News on the web at: http://ipm.ncsu.edu/current_ipm/05PestNews/05News20/ornament.html.
Twig girdler. These longhorned beetles are probably becoming active, especially on hickory, oak and pecan. They girdle the tips of twigs of these trees, but the twigs remain in the trees until the leaves fall from the trees and a stiff breeze knocks them to the ground. Clean up and destroy any fallen twigs with the neatly clipped ends and leaves attached. See information on twig girdlers in Ornamental and Turf Insect Information Note No. 96 on the web at: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/trees/note96/note96.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
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
August 21 46 46 1 42 0 0 134 33 0 42 8 0 26 1 0
August 23 105 147 0 36 0 0 76 17 0 25 5 0 12 0 0
August 25 68 28 0 55 2 0 75 22 0 19 3 0 9 0 0
August 28 48 16 0 34 0 0 - - - 11 1 0 5 0 0
August 30 33 8 0 42 0 0 - - - 17 3 0 4 5 0
Sept. 1 - - - 70 0 0 - - - 9 1 0 5 2 0
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CBW = cotton bollworm moths; GR = green stink bugs; BR = brown stink bugs
Trap Locations and Cooperators:
Anson N: Ansonville area (Fincher Martin)
Anson S: Deep Creek area (Richard Melton)
Union N: New Salem area (Tom Pegram)
Union S: White Store area (Greg Hargett)
Stanly: Richfield area (Shannon Braswell)
From: Richard W. Rhodes, County Extension Director, Bertie County
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Windsor Woodard Hexlena Roxobel Colerain
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Date BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB BW GSB BSB
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July 10 0 0 0 - - - - - - 1 0 0 - - -
July 11 0 2 0 - - - 0 0 0 - - - - - -
July 12 0 3 0 2 0 0 - - - - - - - - -
July 13 0 3 0 - - - 0 17 0 3 3 0 5 1 0
July 14 0 5 0 2 10 0 0 9 0 - - - - - -
July 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 17 - - - 7 12 0 0 11 0 2 14 0 - - -
July 18 1 9 0 - - - 0 3 0 1 2 0 - - -
July 19 1 6 0 11 7 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 7 0
July 20 0 7 0 8 5 0 0 8 0 0 22 0 2 1 0
July 21 7 1 0 5 2 0 1 6 0 - - - - - -
July 22 1 6 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 23 15 2 0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
July 24 18 0 0 14 1 0 5 11 0 - - - 15 0 0
July 25 19 6 0 27 0 0 4 2 0 - - - 18 0 0
July 26 10 1 0 24 3 0 4 7 0 - - - 35 1 0
July 27 35 9 0 24 5 0 2 7 0 9 1 0 15 2 0
July 28 22 2 0 - - - 3 7 0 11 0 0 46 0 0
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 - -
August 19 39 0 - -
August 20 34 0 - -
August 21 74 1 - -
August 22 195 0 - -
August 23 182 0 - -
August 24 147 0 - -
August 25 191 1 - -
August 26 335 2 - -
August 27 491 0 - -
August 28 400+ 1 - -
August 29 400+ 0 - -
August 30 500+ 0 - -
August 31 - - - -
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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
August 16 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0
August 21 4 0 37 0 4 4 3 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
August 21 5 122 41 0
August 23 6 82 15 0
August 25 11 145 15 0
August 28 18 180 24 0
August 31 28 134 33 1
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THW = tobacco hornworms; CEW = corn earworms;
GSB = green stinks bugs; BSB = brown stink bugs
From: Curtis D. Fountain, Agricultural Extension Agent, Duplin County
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Number of Adult Insects
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Date BW GSB BSB
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July 7 3 2 1
July 10 1 2 2
July 12 1 5 1
July 14 0 8 2
July 17 0 21 2
July 19 0 17 3
July 21 0 6 0
July 24 321 15 0
July 26 286 9 0
July 28 161 7 0
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
August 21 12 2 0
August 23 10 8 0
August 25 8 1 0
August 28 3 1 0
August 30 6 1 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
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
August 21 14 0 6 76 0 9 15 0 0
August 23 10 0 2 - - - 22 0 2
August 24 - - - 290 0 6 - - -
August 25 15 0 0 84 0 0 2 0 0
August 28 14 0 4 330 0 3 192 0 17
August 30 27 0 0 425 0 12 15 0 0
September 1 - - - 125 0 2 90 0 12
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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: Paul Smith, Agricultural Extension Agent, Gates County
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No. of Adult Insects
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Date Corn earworms
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August 3 4
August 4 -
August 5 15
August 6 6
August 7 4
August 8 10
August 9 26
August 10 5
August 11 9
August 12 7
August 13 10
August 14 5
August 15 8
August 16 4
August 17 6
August 18 6
August 19 1
August 20 -
August 21 3
August 22 9
August 23 8
August 24 5
August 25 7
August 26 -
August 27 61
August 28 44
August 29 21
August 30 44
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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
August 21 96 17 0
August 23 86 7 0
August 25 117 20 0
August 28 243 22 0
August 30 109 10 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
August 21 5 0 0 5
August 23 6 3 0 6
August 25 12 0 0 5
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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
August 21 10 6 0 33 2 0 29 13 0
August 23 17 5 0 58 1 0 64 8 0
August 25 34 1 0 95 0 0 94 7 0
August 28 35 7 0 148 2 0 26 10 0
August 30 63 2 0 250 4 0 31 16 0
September 1 44 3 0 35 2 0 55 5 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
August 18 7 0 0 12 2 0 19 1 0 - - - - - - 145 9 0
August 21 8 2 0 11 3 0 33 7 0 - - - - - - 212 129 0
August 23 6 0 0 23 19 0 34 3 0 - - - - - - 154 34 0
August 25 6 2 1 13 4 0 43 17 0 - - - - - - 105 17 0
August 28 18 3 0 52 0 0 51 23 0 - - - - - - 146 23 0
August 30 50 8 0 33 4 0 - - - - - - - - - 201 45 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
August 21 55 7 0
August 23 30 5 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
August 21 37 31 1 6
August 23 28 3 0 8
August 25 56 21 2 11
August 28 95 8 0 18
August 30 95 17 4 9
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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 - - -
August 21 118 20 - - 127 6 1 - 47 3 2 -
August 23 180 12 - - 117 1 - - 146 1 3 -
August 25 156 9 - - 191 1 - - 237 1 - -
August 28 57 9 - - 274 2 1 - 99 2 1 -
August 30 136 8 - - 564 5 - - 61 2 - -
Sept. 1 62 2 - - - - - - 41 - - -
Sept. 5 148 9 - - 151 3 - - 103 1 - -
Sept. 6 74 - - - 55 - - - 69 - - -
Sept. 8 50 1 - - - - - - 74 - - -
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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
August 18 - - - - 25 2 53 0
August 21 - - - - 47 7 71 5
August 23 - - - - 25 9 80 2
August 25 - - - - 5 0 30 2
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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 September 11, 2006 by Stephen J. Toth, Jr.