Average nightly black light trap catches for corn earworm moths were: Petersburg = 2.0/night; Warsaw = zero; New Kent = 4.3; Charles City = 4.7; Suffolk = 0.5; Painter = 0.9; Virginia Beach = zero. Brown marmorated stink bug nightly trap catch means were: Petersburg = 0.7; Warsaw = 0.2; New Kent = 0.6; Charles City = zero; Suffolk = zero; Painter = zero; Virginia Beach = 0.7. Thanks to our trap operators Mark Kraemer, Mary Beahm, John Allison, Ames Herbert, Jim Jenrette, and Helene Doughty for their reports this short week.
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Black light trap report for week ending June 27, 2013
After several inquiries about whether kudzu bugs can be monitored using black light traps, Dr. Herbert and I have not heard that kudzu bugs come to these traps. The average nightly corn earworm moth catches from black light traps were: Petersburg = 0.4 per night; Suffolk = 0.1; Virginia Beach (Hampton Roads AREC) = 0.1; Charles City = 6.3; King William = 0.2; New Kent = 2.4; and Warsaw (Eastern Virginia AREC) = 0.4. The average nightly number of brown marmorated stink bugs were: Petersburg = 2.9; Suffolk = 0; Virginia Beach (Hampton Roads AREC) = 0.1; Charles City = 0; King William = 1.3; New Kent = 0.1; and Warsaw (Eastern Virginia AREC) = 0. Thanks to our trap operators Mark Kraemer, Ames Herbert and his entomology crew, Helene Doughty, John Allison, Laura Maxey, and Mary Beahm for their reports this week!
Black light trap catches for week ending June 20, 2013
Low numbers of corn earworm moths were reported this week from black light trap operators. Nightly averages were: Southampton = 0.3 (from C. Drake); Warsaw = 0.5 (M. Beahm); Petersburg = 1.3 (M. Kraemer); Suffolk = 0.1 (A. Herbert). Brown marmorated stink bugs were only found at the Petersburg trap (2.3 per night) [M. Kraemer], but they were captured in a Virginia Beach black light trap earlier this month (1.3 per night for June 7-13) [provided by H. Doughty]. Thanks to the above-mentioned trap operators for their reports this week.
Program is Available for the Early Summer Row Crops Tour at the Tidewater AREC on June 6, 2013
The program for the June 6, 2013 “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center’s Hare Road Research Farm is attached. Additional information: brochure-2013-docx
Reminder: Tidewater AREC’s Early-Summer Row Crops Tour on morning of Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Virginia Tech Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center will hold an early-summer row crops tour during the morning of Thursday, June 6, 2013. The tour will be held at the Center’s Research Farm (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA). Specialists will display field research in progress and will present information for the 2013 crop season.
Speakers and topics will include Dr. Ames Herbert (Thrips Management in Cotton/Peanuts and Tour of Research Plots); Dr. Maria Balota (Use of Genomics and Physiology in Crop Improvement); Dr. Hunter Frame (Soil Fertility Research in Virginia Cotton); Dr. Pat Phipps (Fungicides Boost Wheat Yield) (New Tools for Peanut and Cotton Disease Control); and Dr. David Holshouser (Oats as an Alternative Cover Crop). Robert Christian of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services will conclude the tour with a pesticide safety review. Commercial pesticide applicator recertification credits will be offered in Categories 1-A (Agricultural Plant Pest Control), 1-C (Fumigation of Soil and Agricultural Products), and 10 (Demonstration & Research Pest Control), and Registered Technician (category 60). We have applied to offer Certified Crop Adviser Continuing Education credits, and plan to apply to offer Private Applicator Recertification Credits.
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 Agricultural Research and Extension Center 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 the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
Invitation to the Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” on June 6, 2013
The “Early Summer Row Crops Tour” will be held at the Tidewater AREC Research Farm (1045 Hare Road, Suffolk, VA) on Thursday, June 6, 2013. There is no preregistration and no fee for attending this tour. The program will begin promptly at 9:00 am and will conclude with lunch (courtesy of Berry Lewis with Bayer CropScience). All interested in commercial production of field crops are invited to attend. We will provide further details once the agenda is finalized. If you are a person with a disability and desire any assistive devices, services or other accommodations to participate in this activity, please contact the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center at 757-657-6450 (TDD number is 800-828-1120) during business hours of 8 am and 4:30 pm to discuss accommodations five days prior to the event.
Ames Herbert’s 2012 annual research summary book now available online
Ames Herbert’s annual research summary book, “2012 Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean,” is now available on the Virginia Cooperative Extension website: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-37/AREC-37.html (the publication number is AREC-37NP). It is a 3MB pdf file. Thanks to all those who supported our entomological research program in 2012.
Corn earworm moth and brown marmorated stink bug black light trap report for week ending Sep. 13, 2012
Please see the attached pdf document for this week’s insect counts. Additional information: 913blt-pdf
Corn earworm/brown marmorated stink bug black light trap catches for week ending Sep. 6, 2012
Warsaw saw high corn earworm moth activity in their black light trap this week (average of 88 per night); other locations were under 11 per night. Brown marmorated stink bug reports ranged from zero to 5 per night. Please see the attached tables (pdf document) for more details. Additional information: sep6blt-pdf
Black light trap report for Aug. 30, 2012
Mean corn earworm moth captures ranged from 5 to 29 per night this week; brown marmorated stink bugs ranged from zero to 2 per night. Please see the attached pdf for each location. Additional information: blttables-pdf