Please see the attached report (pdf document) by Dr. Herbert: Kudzu_bug_prediction
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Corn earworm and BMSB black light trap report for week ending July 2, 2015
Thanks to Austin Brown, Mary Beahm, and Ames Herbert & crew for their reports this week. Corn earworm moth nightly average black light trap catches were: Warsaw-zero; Suffolk-2.1; Southampton (Courtland): zero. Brown marmorated stink bug black light trap catches (nightly averages) were Warsaw-zero; Suffolk-zero; Southampton (Courtland)-0.5
Corn earworm moth resistance monitoring update for July 2, 2015
To date, Dr. Herbert’s crew have tested 157 corn earworm moths in the 2015 pyrethroid vial test experiment, with an average of 21.3 percent of moths surviving the 24-hour exposure to the 5 microgram rate of cypermethrin. Please see the attached line graph for more details. July2VialTest
Corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug report for the week ending June 25, 2015
Our network of black light trap operators are again monitoring corn earworm moths (CEW) and brown marmorated stink bugs (BMSB). Numbers are very low this week, with Warsaw reporting 0.1 CEW and 0.3 BMSB per night; and Suffolk reporting 0.9 CEW and zero BMSB per night. Thanks to Mary Beahm at the Eastern Virginia AREC and Dr. Herbert’s entomology crew at the Tidewater AREC for their reports this week.
Virginia/Northeastern North Carolina Cotton Field Day
Attached you will find the flyer (including pre-registration instructions and topics) for the upcoming Virginia/Northeastern North Carolina Cotton Field Day. It will be held on August 11, 2015 at 8 am at the Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC MAIN FACILITY (on Route 58, not the Hare Road farm). Here is the flyer→2015 VA-NC Cotton Field Day
Reminder: Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” to be held on June 4, 2015
Please click on the attached pdf document at the end of this paragraph to see the tri-fold brochure listing details for the “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” to be held at the Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC Hare Road Research Farm on the morning of June 4, 2015. All interested in commercial production of field crops are invited to attend. There is no preregistration and no fee for attending this tour. Arrival is at 8:30 am with the program starting promptly at 9:00 am and running through lunch (courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience). More information is available through local Virginia Cooperative Extension offices or by contacting the Tidewater AREC main office at 757-657-6450. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact Tidewater AREC at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event. brochure_2015
Kudzu bug reports–April 23, 2015
We captured a kudzu bug in a Southampton County, VA sticky trap this week. Please see the map for more details. Kudzu_bug_traps_22_Apr_2015
Kudzu bug first reports through April 16, 2015
Our kudzu bug trap operators provided first reports in three more counties since last week’s report: Isle of Wight, Lunenburg, and Nottoway. Please see the attached map for all locations reported so far in Virginia for 2015. Kudzu_bug_traps_13_Apr_2015
Save the Date: “Early Summer Row Crops Tour”
Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton and Peanut, 2014
Dr. Ames Herbert’s annual research summary booklet for cotton and peanut entomological research in 2014 is now available on the Virginia Cooperative Extension “Publications” website: http://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/ENTO/ENTO-109/ENTO-109.html