Departments of Plant Pathology and Entomology
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service
North Carolina State University

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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 11, Number 14, July 19, 1996
Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors

The information and recommendations in this newsletter are applicable to North Carolina
and may not apply in other areas.

From: Curtis D. Fountain, Agricultural Extension Agent, Duplin County

                          Location: Fort Barnwell
                    Monitored by: Carolina Ag Services

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                         BOLLWORM            EUROPEAN
      DATE               COMPLEX            CORN BORERS    STINK BUGS
     *****************************************************************
      July 7                6                   0               0
      July 9                6                   0               0
      July 11               3                   2               5
      July 14               -                   -               -
      July 16               -                   -               -
      July 18 #             8                   9              16
     *****************************************************************

     #  July 18 counts represent 2 nights
     -  No report

                             Location: Comfort
                         Monitored by: Morris Pike

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                         BOLLWORM            EUROPEAN
      DATE               COMPLEX            CORN BORERS    STINK BUGS
     *****************************************************************
      July 7                0                   #               #
      July 8                2                   #               #
      July 9                8                   #               #
      July 10              11                   #               #
      July 11               7                   #               #
      July 12               6                   #               #
      July 15               -                   -               -
      July 17               -                   -               -
      July 19               -                   -               -
     *****************************************************************

     #  Not monitored
     -  No report

                          Location: Gregory Fork
                       Monitored by: Curtis Fountain

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                         BOLLWORM            EUROPEAN
      DATE               COMPLEX            CORN BORERS    STINK BUGS
     *****************************************************************
      July 8                6                  20               0
      July 10               7                  10               1
      July 12               9                   8               0
      July 15 #             0                   1               0
      July 17               7                   5               0
      July 19              18                  14              14
     *****************************************************************

     #  July 15 counts represent 1 night only due to power outage

From: Alan A. Harper, Agricultural Extension Agent, Lenoir County

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                      LIGHT TRAP             PHEROMOME TRAP
             ****************************  ******************   RAINFALL
 DATE         HW   CEW   BSB   GSB   ECB    TOBACCO BUDWORMS    (INCHES)
*************************************************************************
 July 7        3    2     1     0     1            0
 July 8        8    7     1     0     0            3
 July 9       11    3     0     1     4            7
 July 10      24    3     0     0     2           12              0.67
 July 11      47    3     0     0     1            6              0.03
 July 12      34    2     0     0     0            3              0.33
 July 13       5    0     0     0     0            1              3.82
 July 14      49    8     0     2     0            2
 July 15      37    2     2     2     0           13              0.09
 July 16      22    1     0     0     1            2              0.06
 July 17      38    8     1     5     1            3
 July 18      43    8     0     0     5            2
 July 19      37    4     1     0     9            2
*************************************************************************

Abbreviations: HW = Hornworms; CEW = Corn Earworms; BSB = Brown Stink
               Bugs; GSB = Green Stink Bugs; ECB = European Corn Borers

From: William C. Ellers, Agricultural Extension Agent, Sampson County

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                            LIGHT TRAP                  TOBACCO BUDWORM
               ************************************     PHEROMONE TRAPS
                             EUROPEAN       CORN       *****************
      DATE      HORNWORMS   CORN BORERS   EARWORMS      TRAP 1   TRAP 2
    ********************************************************************
     June 7         a            a            a
     June 11        1            5            0            b        b
     June 12        3            4            1                     0
     June 14        3            7            1           37        1
     June 17        4           29            8           13        1
     June 19        1           23           10           48        1
     June 21        1           26           27           26       15
     June 24        2           15           98           18       12
     June 26        1           30          161           40       38
     June 28        0            4           95           19       20
     July 1         0           12          152           13       14
     July 3         0            3          165                     9
     July 5         1            0           68            6        4
     July 8         3            4          102            2        3
     July 10        4            1           45            0        1
     July 13        8            3           37                     5
     July 15        2            6           19            6        0
     July 17        3           29           21            1        2 
     July 18        2           39           33            
     July 19        5           21           82            2        2
    ********************************************************************

    a  Light trap set
    b  Pheromone trap set

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