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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 13, Number 14, July 24, 1998
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: James H. Monroe, Agricultural Extension Agent, Stanly County


Light Trap Data From Anson, Montgomery, Rowan, Stanly and Union Counties



 *************************************************************************
                                Number of Bollworm Moths                  
               ***********************************************************
                Anson     Montgomery     Rowan      Stanly   Union County
  Date          County      County       County     County     #1     #2  
 *************************************************************************
  July 6           8           -            -          -        6      0  
  July 8          16          29            -          7        4     14  
  July 10         18          33            -          8        0     17  
  July 13         47          47            -         30       19     34  
  July 15         38          43            -         47       61     52  
  July 17         45         115            -         71      169     80  
  July 20        103         107                      31      263    147  
  July 22        148          97                      63      158     62  
  July 24        159         129                     102       62     35  
 *************************************************************************


From: William J. Griffin, County Extension Director, Bertie County


Light Trap Data From Bertie County


***********************************************
                   Number of Bollworm Moths    
               ********************************
 Date           Windsor    Woodard    Roxobel  
***********************************************
 July 16           2           5          -    
 July 17           2           7          -    
 July 18           2          14          -    
 July 19           2          31          -    
 July 20          13          66          -    
 July 21          29          88          -    
 July 22          52         122          0    
 July 23          50         150          7    
 July 24          53         204          8    
***********************************************


From: Mike Williams, County Extension Director, Chowan County


Light Trap Data From Chowan County


********************************
                   Number of     
 Date           Bollworm Moths  
********************************
 July 13               0        
 July 14               0        
 July 15               0        
 July 17              10        
 July 20              50        
 July 21              70        
 July 22             112        
 July 23             237        
 July 24             286        
********************************


From: Curtis D. Fountain, Area Cotton Agent, Craven, Jones and Onslow Counties


Light Trap Data From Craven County


Location: Cove City, North Carolina
Monitored by: Darlene McCoy


   ********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects               
                  *****************************************************
    Date           Bollworm Complex   European Corn Borers   Stinkbugs 
   ********************************************************************
    July 2                 6                    2                 0    
    July 6                 7                    0                 0    
    July 8                 5                    7                 0    
    July 10                8                    0                 1    
    July 12                2                    2                 1    
    July 14               18                    3                 0    
    July 17               99                    8                 3    
    July 20              318                    4                 2    
    July 22              339                   16                 2    
    July 24              436                   31                 4    
   ********************************************************************


Light Trap Data From Jones County

Location: Comfort, North Carolina
Monitored by: Morris Pike


   ********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects               
                  *****************************************************
    Date           Bollworm Complex   European Corn Borers   Stinkbugs 
   ********************************************************************
    July 3                 3                   10                 3    
    July 6                 7                   15                 6    
    July 8                 2                   10                 3    
    July 10                0                    5                 1    
    July 13                7                    8                 0    
    July 15                5                    3                 0    
    July 17               32                    5                 3    
    July 20              519                   23                 3    
    July 22              410                   15                 3    
    July 24              140                    5                 0    
   ********************************************************************


Light Trap Data From Onslow County

Location: Gregory Fork, North Carolina
Monitored by: Curtis Fountain


   ********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects               
                  *****************************************************
    Date           Bollworm Complex   European Corn Borers   Stinkbugs 
   ********************************************************************
    July 6                 2                    5                 0    
    July 8                 4                    2                 0    
    July 10                4                    2                 2    
    July 13               17                    2                 2    
    July 15               14                    3                 1    
    July 17               41                    8                 1    
    July 20              321                   10                 1    
    July 22                #                    #                 #    
    July 24              106                   19                 0    
   ********************************************************************

    # - power supply to traps off on nights of July 20 and 21


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


Light Trap Data From Duplin County


      ***************************************************************
                                Number of Adult Insects               
                    *************************************************
                                  European       Green       Brown   
       Date          Bollworms   corn borers   stinkbugs   stinkbugs 
      ***************************************************************
       July 6            4            8            3           0     
       July 8            8            6            4           0     
       July 10          30           34            5           1     
       July 13         143           52            6           0     
       July 15         149           29            0           0     
       July 17         238           33           13           0     
       July 20         757           53           13           0     
       July 22         337           25           10           0     
       July 24         782           22            9           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 1         a     b     b      b      b       b       b      b 
     May 8         5     0     3      1      0       0       0      0 
     May 15        9     0     5      3      0       0       0      0 
     May 22        6     0    10      1      0       0       0      0 
     May 29        3     0     1      0      0       0       0     10 
     June 5        1     0     0      4      0       0       0      5 
     June 12       6     1     1     58      0       0       0     13 
     June 19       1     1     8     33      0       0       0     17 
     June 26       5     0    21     12      0       0       0     11 
     July 2        0     1    21      5      0       0       1      8 
     July 10       9     0     7     11      0       0       3     10 
     July 17       6     1    37     11      0       2       2      4 
     July 24       6     0   413     19      0       0       9      2 
    ******************************************************************

       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 Pickleworms            
                 *****************************************************
                  Brunswick County     Nash County     Sampson County 
                 *****************************************************
     Date          No. traps = 8      No. traps = 8    No. traps = 8  
    ******************************************************************
     June 2               a                  a                a       
     June 5               0                  0                0       
     June 12              0                  0                0       
     June 19              0                  0                0       
     June 26              0                  0                1       
     July 2               0                  0                0       
     July 10              1                  0                0       
     July 17              1                  0                1       
     July 24              0                  0                0       
    ******************************************************************

     a - pheromone 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 2        a     a      a     a      a      a      a      a  
     June 3        1     0      2     1      0      0      0      0  
     June 4        0     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 5        1     1      2     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 6        0     0      2     0      0      1      0      0  
     June 7        0     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 8        0     1      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 9        0     0      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 10       0     0      0     0      0      1      0      0  
     June 11       0     0      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 12       0     0      0     4      1      1      0      0  
     June 13       0     2      0     1      1      1      0      0  
     June 14       0     1      0     0      0      2      0      0  
     June 15       1     1      0     0      1      1      0      0  
     June 16       0     1      0     4      5      0      0      0  
     June 17       0     5      0     1      3      0      0      0  
     June 18       1     3      1     0      0      0      0      1  
     June 19       0     3      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 20       0     3      0     1      0      0      1      1  
     June 21       0     4      0     1      1      0      0      0  
     June 22       0     3      1     1      0      0      0      0  
     June 23       0     1      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 24       0     1      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 25       0     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 26       0     0      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 27       0     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 28       0     1      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     June 29       0     2      0     1      0      0      0      0  
     June 30       0     5      0     0      0      1      0      2  
    *****************************************************************


    JULY

    *****************************************************************
                               Number of Adult Insects               
    *****************************************************************
     Date         HW    CEW    AW    GSB    BSB    ECB    FAW    TBW 
    *****************************************************************
     July 1        0     2      0     0      0      1      1      0  
     July 2        0     6      1     0      0      0      1      0  
     July 3        1     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 4        0     1      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 5        0     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 6        0     2      2     1      0      0      1      0  
     July 7        2     2      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 8        2     0      1     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 9        0     1      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 10       3     1      0     1      0      0      0      0  
     July 11       7     5      0     1      0      0      1      0  
     July 12       2     5      0     0      0      1      0      0  
     July 13       0     4      0     0      0      7      0      0  
     July 14       1    24      0     0      0      0      0      0  
     July 15       4    30      0     0      0      1      0      0  
     July 16       5    97      0     1      1      4      1      0  
     July 17      13   175      0     1      0      8      7      2  
     July 18      15   202      0     0      0      5      5      2  
     July 19       1   226      0     3      0     10      4      3  
     July 20      11   137      0     2      1     14      1      3  
     July 21       7   305      0     2      0     47      2      1  
     July 22       6   238      0     4      1     30      0      1  
     July 23       8   267      0     1      0     65      0      2  
     July 24       6   334      0     1      0     74      2      2  
    *****************************************************************


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

    a = light trap set


From: J. B. Coltrain, County Extension Director, Martin County


Light Trap Data From Martin County


***********************************************
                   Number of Bollworm Moths 
               ********************************
 Date           Farm Life             Hamilton  
***********************************************
 July 13            0                     2    
 July 15            3                     2    
 July 17            6                     7    
 July 20            9                    14    
 July 22           57                   178    
 July 24          102                   135    
***********************************************


From: Richard F. May, County Extension Director, Pamlico County


Light Trap Data From Pamlico County


 *************************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects                 
               ***********************************************************
                 Corn        European                   Green             
  Date          earworm     corn borer     Armyworm    Stinkbug  Hornworm 
 *************************************************************************
  July 15          8             6             3           2              
  July 17          5             8             2           1              
  July 20         55            15             2           5              
  July 22        400            35             0           6              
  July 24        700            31             0           6              
 *************************************************************************


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


Light Trap Data From Sampson County


  ***********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Moths                 
                *********************************************************
                             Light Trap /a               Pheromone Traps 
                *************************************   *****************
                  Corn        European      Tobacco      Tobacco budworm 
   Date          earworm     corn borer     hornworm     trap 1   trap 2 
  ***********************************************************************
   June 1           2             3            14           -        -   
   June 3           5            10            15           -        -   
   June 5           3            18            18           -        -   
   June 8           0             5             7           -        -   
   June 10          0            19            12           -        -   
   June 12          2             4             3           -        -   
   June 15          3            18            13           -        -   
   June 18          9            11             5           -        -   
   June 19          4             8             5           -        -   
   June 22         20             9            16           -        -   
   June 24         13             6             6           -        -   
   June 26         11             4             8           -        -   
   June 29         12             4            12           -        -   
   July 1           5             6             8           -        -   
   July 2           -             -             -           b        c   
   July 3           1             3             8           3        -   
   July 6           0             4             4           4       18   
   July 8           1             1             4           3        3   
   July 10          2             2             5           0        2   
   July 13         13            27             9           2        2   
   July 14          3             2             5           -        -   
   July 15          7            18             7           1        8   
   July 16         16            15             7           -        -   
   July 17         45            15            25          19       30   
   July 20        345            38            85          62       99   
   July 21        183            27            21           -        -   
   July 22          -             -             -          74       79   
   July 24        160            22            12          62      121   
  ***********************************************************************

   a - light trap located about 3 miles east of Clinton, North Carolina
   b - tobacco budworm pheromone trap located near light trap
   c - tobacco budworm pheromone trap located 6 miles south of Clinton


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


Light Trap Data From Wilson County


Location: Area Near Fountain, North Carolina
Monitored by: Barbara Smith


   ********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects              
                  *****************************************************
    Date           Bollworm Complex     Stinkbugs    Tobacco Hornworms 
   ********************************************************************
    July 8                 1                0                 0        
    July 10                1                4                 1        
    July 13                3                0                 4        
    July 15                0                0                 3        
    July 17                7               23                 3        
    July 20               73                9                 9        
    July 22              144               15                16        
    July 24              358                5                13        
   ********************************************************************


Location: Lucama, North Carolina
Monitored by: Chris Bass


   ********************************************************************
                                  Number of Adult Insects              
                  *****************************************************
    Date           Bollworm Complex     Stinkbugs    Tobacco Hornworms 
   ********************************************************************
    July 10                1                0                 0        
    July 13                0                2                 3        
    July 15                0                2                 2        
    July 17                0                2                 7        
    July 20                5                0                 7        
    July 22               33                1                 7        
    July 24               35                2                10        
   ********************************************************************





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