By Thomas Kuhar
Moth trap monitoring
We are monitoring corn earworm and fall armyworm moth activity levels on sweet corn farms in 17 different counties in Virginia. Moth Trap Catch Data are being recorded by: Kuhar Vegetable Entomology lab (Montgomery Co.); Phil Blevins (Washington Co.); Chris Brown (Franklin Co.); Jason Cooper (Rockingham Co.); Ursula Deitch (Northampton Co.); Helene Doughty (Accomack Co.); Roy Flanagan (VA Beach); Bob Jones (Charlotte Co.); Kenner Love (Page and Rappahannock Co.); Laura Maxey Nay (Hanover Co.); Steve Pottorff (Carrol Co.); Stephanie Romelczyk (Westmoreland Co.); Beth Sastre-Flores (Loudoun Co.); Laura Siegle (Amelia Co.); Rebekah Slabach (Halifax Co.); and Mark Sutphin (Frederick Co.). Data are posted weekly.
Trap Catch
Below are some trap catch results (moths per night) for some of the locations around Virginia for this week. In summary, we are observing a slight drop off in corn earworm moth activity at most locations, except Amelia County, which posted the highest corn earworm activity this week. Very little fall armyworm activity has been observed at this point, and numbers are so low that they are not presented.