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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 12, Number 16, August 8, 1997
Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors

Caution!
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    
    July 26               15                    8                 2    
    July 28               16                    3                 4    
    July 30               63                   28                 7    
    August 1              24                   14                 4    
    August 2               3                    4                 1    
    August 4              13                    0                 2    
    August 6               7                    2                 1    
    August 8              41                    0                 1    
   ********************************************************************


Light Trap Data From Jones County


Location: Comfort
Monitored by: Morris Pike
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                                   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    
    July 28               86                   14                 7    
    July 30               76                   11                 2    
    August 1               6                    1                 0    
    August 4              16                    5                 0    
    August 6               4                    0                 0    
    August 8              20                    0                 0    
   ********************************************************************


Light Trap Data From Onslow County


Location: Gregory Fork
Monitored by: Curtis Fountain
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                                   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    
    July 28               34                   21                 1    
    July 30               44                   16                 0    
    August 1             119                   10                 0    
    August 4              97                   34                 2    
    August 6             183                   25                 0    
    August 8             334                   21                 0    
   ********************************************************************

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


Light Trap Data From Duplin County


Location: Beautancus
Cooperators: Vic and Teresa Swinson
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                                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     
 July 28          93          0           45             5          1     
 July 30          52          1           49             4          0     
 August 1         32          0            2             0          0     
 August 4         25          0           18             7          1     
 August 6         27          1            7             0          0     
 August 8         27          0            1             0          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
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                           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 
 August 1     23     0    75     31      0       1       8     18 
 August 4      2     0    60     18      0       0       1      3 
******************************************************************

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 July 26 9 28 0 1 0 2 11 0 July 27 21 31 2 0 0 10 5 0 July 28 12 40 0 0 0 11 4 0 July 29 20 81 1 0 0 23 1 0 July 30 15 25 0 1 0 7 0 0 July 31 14 18 1 0 0 5 4 0 ***************************************************************** AUGUST ***************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ***************************************************************** Date HW CEW AW GSB BSB ECB FAW TBW ***************************************************************** August 1 1 47 1 0 0 1 1 0 August 2 4 16 1 0 0 4 4 0 August 3 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 1 August 4 4 26 0 0 0 3 0 0 August 5 1 34 0 0 0 3 1 0 August 6 0 43 0 0 0 6 4 0 August 7 0 55 0 0 0 1 0 0 August 8 0 34 0 0 0 0 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 July 28 116 56 45 6 July 30 82 38 34 0 August 1 70 1 6 0 August 4 69 1 14 0 August 6 123 4 17 - August 8 68 0 12 - **************************************************************** 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

**************************************************************************** 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 July 28 64 56 a July 30 32 21 82 August 1 6 22 a August 4 30 46 16 August 6 22 31 5 August 8 6 9 10 **************************************************************************** a = trap was not checked

From: Norman E. Harrell, Jr., Agricultural Extension Agent, Wilson County


Light Trap Data From Wilson County

Location: Lucama, North Carolina Monitored by: Chris Bass ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex Stinkbugs Tobacco Hornworms ******************************************************************* July 29 2 2 46 July 31 7 1 12 August 3 4 0 10 August 5 4 4 14 August 7 16 0 7 ******************************************************************* Location: Fountain, North Carolina Monitored by: Barbara Smith ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex Stinkbugs Tobacco Hornworms ******************************************************************* July 28 10 13 17 July 30 13 0 9 August 1 10 2 8 August 3 13 1 11 August 5 23 1 11 August 7 49 0 4 ******************************************************************* Location: Town Creek Community, North Carolina Monitored: Jill Williford ****************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects **************************************************** Date Bollworm Complex Stinkbugs Tobacco Hornworms ******************************************************************* July 27 15 7 16 July 30 15 2 17 August 3 20 2 24 August 5 29 1 4 *******************************************************************




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