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TRAP
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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 12, Number 20, September 5, 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    
    August 11             66                    7                 1    
    August 13             31                    5                 0    
    August 15             57                    0                 0    
    August 18             11                    2                 0    
    August 20              9                    0                 0    
    August 23             14                    0                 0    
    August 26              7                    0                 0    
   ********************************************************************

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    
    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    
    August 11            130                    2                 0    
    August 13             84                    6                 0    
    August 15            250                   10                 0    
    August 18            289                   55                 0    
    August 20             18                    1                 0    
    August 22             55                    6                 0    
    August 25             10                    2                 0    
    August 29             25                    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    
    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    
    August 11            253                   47                 4    
    August 13             59                   13                 0    
    August 15            115                   10                 1    
    August 18            138                    7                 0    
    August 20             48                   10                 1    
    August 22             54                    5                 0    
    August 25             49                    9                 2    
    August 27             14                    8                 0    
    August 29             35                   22                 1    
   ********************************************************************

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     
 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     
 August 11       156          0           10             1          0     
 August 13       253          0           19            17          1     
 August 15       525          0           13             4          0     
 August 18       181          0           36            11          0     
 August 19                             Light out                          
 August 20        11          0            2             0          0     
 August 22        50          0            7             2          0     
 August 25        26          0           12             0          0     
**************************************************************************

From: Joe W. Dickens, Agricultural Extension Agent, Edgecombe County


Light Trap Data From Edgecombe County


Location: Coakley
      **************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects                   
                    ************************************************
                       Corn      Tobacco     European               
       Date          Earworms   hornworms   corn borers   Stinkbugs 
      **************************************************************
       August 1          5                                         
       August 4         77                                         
       August 6         14                                         
       August 7         32                                         
       August 9         19                                         
       August 10        10                                         
       August 11        17                                         
       August 12        15                                         
       August 13        47                                    2    
       August 14        59                                    1    
       August 16        75                                    2    
       August 17        50                                    1    
       August 18        72                                    1    
       August 19        22                                         
       August 20        28                                    2    
       August 21        19                                         
       August 22        40                                         
       August 25        26                                         
       August 26        14                                         
       August 27        14                                         
       August 28         -                                         
       August 29         -                                         
      **************************************************************

Location: Hobgood
      **************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects                   
                    ************************************************
                       Corn      Tobacco     European               
       Date          Earworms   hornworms   corn borers   Stinkbugs 
      **************************************************************
       August 5                     1            3                 
       August 6          6                                         
       August 7          7                                         
       August 8          1                                         
       August 11         6                                         
       August 12         6                                         
       August 13         7                                         
       August 14         9                                         
       August 15        17                                         
       August 18        22                                         
       August 19         9                                         
       August 20         1                                         
       August 21         2                                         
       August 22        18                                         
       August 25         4                                         
       August 26        10                                         
       August 27        10                                         
       August 28        12                                         
       August 29        21                                         
      **************************************************************

Location: West Edgecombe
      **************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects                   
                    ************************************************
                       Corn      Tobacco     European               
       Date          Earworms   hornworms   corn borers   Stinkbugs 
      **************************************************************
       July 28           1                                         
       August 4          9         10           30                 
       August 6         12          9           20                 
       August 8         10          9           30                 
       August 10        36          8          100            1    
       August 13        45          5           90            1    
       August 15        93          1          100            9    
       August 18        32          2           80            5    
       August 20        11          9           70                 
       August 22         3          5           80                 
       August 25         3          0           60            0    
       August 27         8          0           50            0    
       August 29        19          1           80            0    
      **************************************************************

Location: Battleboro
      **************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects                   
                    ************************************************
                       Corn      Tobacco     European               
       Date          Earworms   hornworms   corn borers   Stinkbugs 
      **************************************************************
       July 30           4                                         
       July 31           1                                         
       August 1          4                                         
       August 2          2         36                              
       August 6          3          6                              
       August 7                     6                              
       August 8          1          8                              
       August 9          2         12                              
       August 12         4         12                              
       August 13         1          3                              
       August 14         1          5                              
       August 15         4          6                              
       August 18                    7                              
       August 22         5          8            2                 
       August 24         1          8            1                 
       August 27        11                       1                 
       August 29        11                                         
      **************************************************************

Location: Belvoir
      **************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects                   
                    ************************************************
                       Corn      Tobacco     European               
       Date          Earworms   hornworms   corn borers   Stinkbugs 
      **************************************************************
       July 28           4                                         
       July 28           3                                         
       August 2         10                                         
       August 5          7                                         
       August 6          7                                         
       August 7                     6                              
       August 8          8                                         
       August 10        51                                         
       August 12        21                       4                 
       August 13        51                       3                 
       August 14        86                      12                 
       August 15        46                       3                 
       August 16        56                      11                 
       August 17        27                       7                 
       August 18        25                       8                 
       August 19        25                       8                 
       August 20        15                       1                 
       August 21        12                       2                 
       August 22         6                       3                 
       August 23        15                       2                 
       August 24        10                       1                 
       August 25        11                       1                 
       August 28        15                      20                 
       August 29        17                                         
      **************************************************************

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 
 August 1     23     0    75     31      0       1       8     18 
 August 6      2     0    60     18      0       0       1      3 
 August 15    11     0   187     32      0       0       0      3 
 August 22     4     0    62      3      0       1       0      2 
 August 29     3     0   103     21      0       0       1      1 
 September 5  10     0   160      5      0       1       0      1 
******************************************************************

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

Pickleworm Pheromone Trap Data


Monitored by: Charles W. Holloway
    ******************************************************************
                               Number of Adult Insects                
                 *****************************************************
                  Brunswick County   Johnston County   Sampson County 
                 *****************************************************
     Date          No. traps = 8      No. traps = 8    No. traps = 8  
    ******************************************************************
     June 20              a                  a                a       
     July 3               0                  0                0       
     July 10              0                  0                0       
     July 21              0                  0                0       
     July 24              0                  0                0       
     July 31              0                  0                0       
     August 6             0                  0                0       
     August 14            1                  0                0       
     August 20            0                  0                0       
     August 29            0                  0                0       
     September 5          0                  0                0       
    ******************************************************************

    a = Eight pheromone traps were set in each county during the week 
        of June 16-20.

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  
     August 9      0    49      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     August 10     1    45      0     0      0      3      0      0  
     August 11     1    26      0     1      0      2      0      0  
     August 12     2    13      0     0      0      2      0      0  
     August 13     0    27      0     3      0      7      0      0  
     August 14     2   108      0     1      0     14      0      0  
     August 15     0    54      0     0      0     14      0      0  
     August 16     1    31      0     1      0     10      0      0  
     August 17     0    24      0     0      0     13      0      0  
     August 18     0    28      0     1      0     14      1      0  
     August 19     0     5      0     0      0      4      0      0  
     August 20     1    13      0     0      0      3      0      0  
     August 21     0    13      0     0      0      0      1      0  
     August 22     3    37      0     0      0      8      1      0  
     August 23     0    21      0     0      0      4      1      0  
     August 24     0    12      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     August 25     3    11      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       Fall  
  Date          earworm     corn borer     hornworm     budworm     armyworm
 ****************************************************************************
  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           0                
  August 11      111             2            10           0            3   
  August 13      161             9             7           0            3   
  August 15      236             7            14           -            4   
  August 18      178            18            16           0, f         3   
  August 20       28             5            13           -            2   
  August 22       42            11            38           -            0   
  August 25       27             1            18           -            0   
  August 27       21             5            11           -            2   
  August 29       63            40            14           -            0   
  September 1    131            36            20           -            0   
  September 3    121            11             4           -            2   
  September 5     45             8             5           -            0   
 ****************************************************************************

 a = Corn earworm, European corn borer, tobacco hornworm and fall armyworm
     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

 f = Tobacco budworm pheromone trap removed on August 18.

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    
 August 11                62                    58                    20    
 August 13                55                   163                    85    
 August 15               136                   171                     b    
****************************************************************************

a = trap was not checked

b = no report

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


Light Trap Data From Wilson County


Location: Lucama
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
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
Monitored by: 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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