Vial test results for Aug. 18, 2016

This week, we vial-tested 96 H. zea moths (corn earworm/bollworm) captured in Suffolk, VA pheromone traps and had 32.9% survival to the 24-hour exposure to cypermethrin (a pyrethroid insecticide).  The survival rate averaged over the entire season is 38.8%.  AVT_18_Aug_2016a