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North Carolina Pest News
Volume 13, Number 20, September 4, 1998
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: 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 July 27 194 87 - 69 145 41 July 29 158 98 - 79 130 77 July 31 123 78 - 102 110 93 August 3 99 17 - 103 62 52 August 5 45 14 - 39 25 20 August 7 69 26 12 49 36 38 August 10 164 36 8 74 51 23 August 12 125 67 4 43 108 67 August 15 158 89 6 30 137 84 August 17 227 154 4 102 148 79 August 19 116 205 14 62 166 94 August 21 76 37 9 10 44 32 August 24 115 27 6 33 197 53 August 25 168 41 4 25 136 69 August 28 155 49 11 19 175 72 August 31 66 71 3 24 147 57 September 2 59 98 6 19 117 64 September 4 82 9 2 15 78 40 *************************************************************************

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 July 25 72 335 38 July 26 40 850 42 July 27 43 1,017 36 July 28 43 435 52 July 29 76 123 20 July 30 71 148 4 July 31 77 96 6 ***********************************************

From: Mike Williams, County Extension Director, Chowan County

Light Trap Data From Chowan County

JULY ******************************** 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 July 25 175 July 26 - July 27 458 July 28 183 July 29 86 July 30 125 July 31 185 ******************************** AUGUST ******************************** Number of Date Bollworm Moths ******************************** August 1 48 August 2 - August 3 47 August 4 12 August 5 10 August 6 32 August 7 42 August 8 31 August 9 45 August 10 53 August 11 76 August 12 August 13 250 August 14 105 August 15 44 August 16 August 17 228 August 18 240 August 19 360 August 20 12 August 21 14 August 22 August 23 August 24 240 August 25 126 August 26 76 ********************************

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 July 27 1,071 31 4 July 29 737 32 11 July 31 541 18 6 August 3 416 8 2 August 5 50 0 0 August 7 34 0 0 August 10 31 5 2 August 12 92 4 2 August 14 189 5 2 August 17 240 10 6 August 19 157 11 0 August 21 60 4 0 ********************************************************************

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 July 27 1,025 30 5 July 29 108 10 3 July 31 283 9 4 August 3 5 4 4 August 5 12 10 1 August 7 9 1 3 August 10 20 3 0 August 12 5 0 0 August 14 0 0 0 August 17 40 26 4 August 19 0 0 0 August 21 27 9 0 August 24 39 20 4 ********************************************************************

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 July 27 975 46 9 July 29 619 19 3 July 31 629 17 4 August 3 210 6 0 August 5 7 0 1 August 7 27 5 2 August 10 41 9 2 August 12 17 2 2 August 14 43 15 2 August 17 122 15 2 August 19 54 16 3 August 21 26 11 0 August 24 36 43 1 August 28 44 4 1 August 31 25 0 4 ******************************************************************** # - 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 July 27 750 8 8 0 July 29 670 24 8 0 July 31 514 2 10 0 August 4 204 4 0 0 August 6 15 0 0 0 August 8 54 0 4 1 August 10 78 1 11 0 August 12 154 17 13 0 August 14 161 16 3 0 August 17 255 14 10 0 August 19 234 54 15 0 August 21 34 1 0 0 August 24 225 28 5 0 August 26 241 0 4 0 ***************************************************************

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

Light Trap Data From Edgecombe County

Location: Coakley (Piney Grove Farm)

*************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************************* Corn European Tobacco Date earworms corn borers hornworms Stinkbugs *************************************************************** July 13 21 32 July 15 16 16 July 17 23 48 July 22 268 38 July 24 139 37 July 27 524 100 July 30 265 112 July 31 20 1 August 3 219 21 August 5 26 2 August 7 32 August 10 73 40 August 12 33 32 August 14 30 20 August 17 36 22 August 19 144 104 August 21 32 38 September 2 11 13 ***************************************************************

Location: Hobgood

*************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************************* Corn European Tobacco Date earworms corn borers hornworms Stinkbugs *************************************************************** July 11 7 July 14 1 July 15 4 July 16 6 July 17 25 July 19 75 July 20 75 July 21 28 July 22 123 July 23 37 July 24 100 July 27 315 July 28 154 July 29 35 July 31 35 August 3 98 August 4 8 6 August 5 1 9 August 10 10 6 August 11 30 6 August 18 63 22 August 19 55 37 August 20 7 1 August 21 2 11 August 24 2 60 August 25 2 36 ***************************************************************

Location: West Edgecombe

*************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ************************************************* Corn European Tobacco Date earworms corn borers hornworms Stinkbugs *************************************************************** July 17 11 80 1 2 July 20 35 90 8 3 July 22 52 90 9 6 July 24 68 95 15 5 July 27 90 90 10 2 July 29 83 80 6 0 July 31 93 75 5 0 August 5 20 15 2 0 August 7 23 25 3 0 August 10 39 60 0 2 August 12 19 60 3 0 August 14 20 70 7 0 August 17 34 70 2 0 August 19 38 90 4 11 August 21 30 30 7 1 August 26 20 70 0 3 August 31 94 120 12 September 2 48 60 September 4 40 90 2 ***************************************************************

From: Eric V. Spaudling, Agricultural Extension Agent, Johnston County

Light Trap Data From Johnston County

Location: Joe Denning and Sons Farm,
1 mile north of Benson

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 July 31 3 0 932 208 0 0 2 9 August 7 0 0 80 9 0 0 0 2 August 14 66 0 288 29 0 0 0 4 August 21 10 0 626 12 0 2 2 1 August 28 26 0 882 56 0 0 1 0 September 4 38 0 540 33 0 0 1 0 ****************************************************************** 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 July 31 1 0 0 August 7 0 0 0 August 14 4 1 0 August 21 0 0 0 August 21 0 0 0 August 28 0 0 0 September 4 0 0 1 ****************************************************************** 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 July 25 4 160 0 0 0 3 0 3 July 26 1 121 0 0 0 7 0 0 July 27 8 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 July 28 6 325 0 0 0 13 3 0 July 29 3 188 0 3 0 19 3 1 July 30 5 260 0 2 0 46 4 0 July 31 3 227 0 3 0 13 2 0 ***************************************************************** AUGUST ***************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ***************************************************************** Date HW CEW AW GSB BSB ECB FAW TBW ***************************************************************** August 1 2 165 0 0 0 10 0 0 August 2 1 48 0 1 0 5 4 1 August 3 0 40 0 0 0 2 2 0 August 4 0 11 0 1 0 5 1 0 August 5 0 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 August 6 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 August 7 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 August 8 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 August 9 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 August 10 0 17 0 1 0 2 1 0 August 11 0 12 0 0 0 3 0 0 August 12 1 30 0 9 0 16 1 0 August 13 1 32 0 1 1 34 2 1 August 14 2 62 0 2 0 20 0 0 August 15 1 43 0 2 0 15 0 0 August 16 4 71 0 9 1 92 0 0 August 17 3 71 0 0 0 22 0 0 August 18 6 86 1 6 0 145 0 1 August 19 3 114 0 9 0 115 0 1 August 20 1 48 0 1 0 22 0 0 August 21 2 107 0 0 0 17 0 0 August 22 3 53 0 0 0 5 0 1 August 23 5 109 2 1 0 76 0 1 August 24 2 143 3 2 0 134 0 0 August 25 3 80 0 0 1 74 0 1 August 26 5 45 0 1 0 45 0 1 August 27 # August 28 9 142 2 7 0 56 0 1 August 29 1 121 1 15 0 45 0 0 August 30 5 61 1 7 0 48 0 0 August 31 1 60 4 9 1 32 0 1 ***************************************************************** SEPTEMBER ***************************************************************** Number of Adult Insects ***************************************************************** Date HW CEW AW GSB BSB ECB FAW TBW ***************************************************************** September 1 3 47 1 2 0 27 0 1 September 2 1 44 0 0 0 12 0 0 September 3 1 81 1 6 2 50 0 3 September 4 0 16 0 1 0 9 0 0 ***************************************************************** 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 # = Hurricane Bonnie

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 July 27 378 115 July 29 191 74 July 31 127 99 August 3 162 29 August 5 27 11 August 7 76 15 August 10 102 55 August 12 108 59 August 14 97 32 August 17 122 52 August 19 297 145 August 21 47 22 August 24 123 215 August 26 38 195 August 28 # 396 90 August 31 61 67 September 2 47 60 September 4 28 51 *********************************************** # = Hurricane Bonnie

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 July 27 439 20 42 46 140 July 29 406 25 28 66 120 July 31 338 27 27 65 104 August 3 249 5 12 45 35 August 5 48 3 8 27 7 August 8 158 6 13 29 8 August 10 70 8 5 5 3 August 12 74 17 14 13 - August 14 76 22 38 15 14 August 17 62 26 27 3 15 August 19 210 59 69 5 8 August 21 92 13 19 16 10 August 24 319 67 82 17 7 August 26 148 42 38 55 - *********************************************************************** 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 July 27 724 7 22 July 29 547 3 27 July 31 129 0 0 August 3 88 0 4 August 5 27 0 2 August 7 40 1 1 August 10 102 6 6 August 12 130 3 8 August 14 92 1 9 August 17 96 4 10 August 19 106 1 8 August 21 64 1 2 ********************************************************************

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 July 27 106 0 6 July 29 180 0 6 July 31 163 0 4 August 3 121 1 11 August 5 31 0 0 August 7 Light trap unplugged August 10 20 0 2 August 12 43 0 3 August 14 67 1 3 August 17 60 0 4 August 19 83 2 3 August 21 23 0 1 ********************************************************************

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North Carolina Pest News Volume 13, Number 20, September 4, 1998 Stephen J. Toth, Jr. and Thomas A. Melton, editors