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

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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 12, Number 14, July 25, 1997
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, Area Cotton Agent, Craven, Jones and Onslow Counties

Light Trap Data From Craven County

Location: Fort Barnwell
Monitored by: Carolina Ag Services ******************************************************************** Number of Adult Moths ***************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex European Corn Borers Stinkbugs ******************************************************************** July 2 1 0 37 July 4 6 2 2 July 6 5 3 8 July 8 10 3 4 July 10 7 3 11 July 12 3 0 5 July 14 5 0 3 July 18 6 2 6 July 20 8 2 8 July 22 4 0 3 July 24 15 0 6 ********************************************************************

Light Trap Data From Jones County

Location: Comfort
Monitored by: Morris Pike ******************************************************************** Number of Adult Moths ***************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex European Corn Borers Stinkbugs ******************************************************************** July 7 0 5 25 July 10 0 3 10 July 11 4 5 3 July 14 7 6 5 July 16 0 7 2 July 18 0 3 3 July 21 2 4 4 July 23 7 4 1 July 25 1 2 0 ********************************************************************

Light Trap Data From Onslow County

Location: Gregory Fork
Monitored by: Curtis Fountain ******************************************************************** Number of Adult Moths ***************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex European Corn Borers Stinkbugs ******************************************************************** July 7 5 15 1 July 10 24 18 1 July 11 9 7 4 July 14 3 8 0 July 16 4 2 0 July 18 4 2 0 July 21 3 2 1 July 23 6 9 2 July 25 13 17 2 ********************************************************************

From: Bryant M. Spivey, Agricultural Extension Agent, Duplin County

Light Trap Data From Duplin County

Location: Beautancus
Cooperators: Vic and Teresa Swinson ************************************************************************** Number of Adult Moths ************************************************************ Tobacco European Green Brown Date Bollworms budworms corn borers stinkbugs stinkbugs ************************************************************************** July 4 2 0 1 10 0 July 7 10 2 8 41 0 July 9 5 0 10 10 1 July 11 0 0 1 4 0 July 14 4 1 14 0 0 July 16 1 0 27 6 1 July 18 4 0 24 6 1 July 21 31 2 73 4 1 July 23 32 1 64 4 1 July 25 111 2 84 1 0 **************************************************************************

From: Charles W. Holloway, Agricultural Research Technician, Department of Entomology

Pheromone and Light Trap Data From Johnston County

Trap Location: McGee's Crossroads
Monitored by: Charles W. Holloway ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ***************************************************** Date CL CL CEW ECB SHW TBHW TMHW WW ****************************************************************** May 12 a b b b b b b b May 16 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 May 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 30 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 June 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 June 13 6 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 June 20 28 2 3 35 0 0 0 20 June 27 45 0 5 99 0 0 0 35 July 3 15 0 4 9 0 0 1 9 July 11 36 0 1 5 0 0 0 27 July 18 30 0 3 2 0 0 1 6 July 25 39 0 12 5 0 0 2 4 ****************************************************************** Abbreviations: CL = cabbage loopers; CEW = corn earworms; ECB = European corn borers; SHW = sweetpotato hornworms; TBHW = tobacco hornworms; TMHW = tomato hornworms a - pheromone trap set b - light trap set

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

Light Trap Data From Lenoir County


JUNE

    *****************************************************************
                               Number of Adult Insects               
    *****************************************************************
     Date         HW    CEW    AW    GSB    BSB    ECB    FAW    TBW 
    *****************************************************************
     June 8        a     a      a     a      a      a                
     June 9        0     0      0     0      0      0                
     June 10       0     0      0     0      0      0                
     June 11       0     0      1     0      0      0                
     June 12       0     0      2     3      0      0                
     June 13       0     0      0     5      1      0                
     June 14       0     0      0     2      2      0                
     June 15       1     0      1     0      0      0                
     June 16       1     0      0     0      0      0                
     June 17       0     0      0     0      0      0                
     June 18       1     0      3     8      2      0                
     June 19       1     0      0     0      0      0                
     June 20       0     0      0     1      0      0                
     June 21       1     1      0     1      2      1                
     June 22       3     0      0     4      3      2                
     June 23       0     1      1     0      0      0                
     June 24       0     1      1     0      0      0                
     June 25       1     0      0     0      1      0                
     June 26       0     0      0     0      9      0                
     June 27       2     2      0     2      4      1                
     June 28       3     2      0     0      0      0                
     June 29       0     1      0     0      0      0                
     June 30       0     3      0     0      0      0                
    *****************************************************************


                                   JULY

    *****************************************************************
                               Number of Adult Insects               
    *****************************************************************
     Date         HW    CEW    AW    GSB    BSB    ECB    FAW    TBW 
    *****************************************************************
     July 1        1     2      0     0      0      0                
     July 2        2     0      0     0      0      0                
     July 3        1     2      0     0      0      0                
     July 4        0     4      2     5      4      0                
     July 5        0     0      0     0      2      2                
     July 6        0     0      0     0      1      1                
     July 7        0     2      0     0      0      1                
     July 8        0     0      0     1      0      0                
     July 9        0     1      0     0      0      0                
     July 10       4     1      0     0      0      0                
     July 11       0     0      0     0      0      0                
     July 12       1     0      0     0      0      0                
     July 13       1     1      0     0      0      0                
     July 14       2     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 15       2     1      0     1      0      0      0      0  
     July 16       5     0      0     0      0      1      0      0  
     July 17       0     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 18       2     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 19       6     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 20       3     0      0     1      0      4      0      0  
     July 21       5     4      0     0      0      1      0      0  
     July 22       2     4      0     0      0      7      2      0  
     July 23      10     5      1     0      0      6      1      0  
     July 24      14    12      0     0      0      2      3      0  
     July 25      19    11      1     1      0      3      0      0  
    *****************************************************************

Abbreviations: HW = hornworms; CEW = corn earworms;
AW = true armyworms; GSB = green stink bugs;
BSB = brown stink bugs; ECB = European corn borers

a = light trap set

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

Pheromone and Light Trap Data From Sampson County


***************************************************************
                           Number of Adult Insects             
              *************************************************
                Corn        European      Tobacco      Tobacco 
 Date          earworm     corn borer     hornworm     budworm 
***************************************************************
 June 11 a        0            10             1           -    
 June 13          0            13             2           -    
 June 16          0             8             2           b    
 June 18          1             4             3           0    
 June 19          0             5             2           0    
 June 20          c             c             c           1    
 June 23          3             7             4           0    
 June 25          0             1             4           0    
 June 27          0             5             5           0    
 June 30          1             1             5           0    
 July 2           0             3             5           0    
 July 7           2             2             3           2    
 July 9           d             d             d           0    
 July 11          2             1             7           1    
 July 14          0             1            24           e    
 July 18          1             8           135           0    
 July 21          5             6            30           0    
 July 23         14             7            21           2    
 July 25         67            49            41          11    
****************************************************************

a = Corn earworm, European corn borer and tobacco hornworm
           counts are from a light trap east of Clinton, North Carolina.

b = Tobacco budworm counts are from a pheromone trap south
    of Clinton, North Carolina set up on June 16.         

c = light trap down

d = light trap off

e = pheromone trap down

From: Robert H. Pleasants, Agricultural Extension Agent, Wayne County

Pheromone Trap Data From Wayne County


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                                Number of Adult Insects                     
            ****************************************************************
              Belfast Location      Eureka Location      Pricetown Location 
            ********************  ********************  ********************
             Tobacco     Corn      Tobacco     Corn      Tobacco     Corn   
 Date        budworms  earworms    budworms  earworms    budworms  earworms 
****************************************************************************
 July 14        0         10          1          3                          
 July 16        1         26          0          6                          
 July 18        0         16          2          6                          
 July 21        0          2          0         16                     2    
 July 23        2         21          1         26                    21    
 July 25        1          7          3         27                    31    
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North Carolina Pest News Volume 12, Number 14, July 25, 1997 Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors