The Petersburg black light trap had a total of 17 BMSB captured this week, followed by Virginia Beach with 2. Prince George, Suffolk, and Warsaw traps did not catch any BMSB this week. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf

For the past two months, Ed Seymore and Laura Maxey have been surveying Virginia soybean fields for brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) and soybean aphid. Please click “More” to view the map showing the BMSB results to date. A field in Gloucester had low numbers of soybean aphids, but they have not been found in our other survey locations. Additional information: va-bmsb-2011-pdf

Black light trap captures of corn earworm moths were higher this week at our reporting stations. Please click “More” to view the results. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

Many black light trap operators turned off their traps because of Irene, so most catch averages are based on less than 7 days. Catches ranged from 2 to 15 corn earworm moths per night. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

Only one station reported captures of brown marmorated stink bugs in the black light trap this week (Petersburg-2); all other reporting locations had zero. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf

Nightly averages ranged from 4 to 15 corn earworm moths in most reporting locations, except for Warsaw which had an average of 51 moths per night. Please click More for the data table. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

A range of zero to three brown marmorated stink bugs were reported for the week by our monitoring stations; please click More for the data table. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf

Black light trap captures of corn earworm moths were generally lower than last week, with notable exceptions in Petersburg, Middlesex, and Richmond County/Warsaw. Please click “More” to see the current black light data table. Thanks to the following for their reports this week: Keith Balderson, Mary Beahm, Chris Drake, Jim Jenrette, Mark Kraemer, Watson Lawrence, David Moore, Mike Parrish, Kelvin Wells, Scott Reiter, and the Tidewater AREC entomology crew. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

BMSB black light trap catches for this week totaled 38 in Petersburg and 3 in Richmond County/Warsaw. No BMSB were caught in Essex, Chesapeake, Prince George, Southampton, or Suffolk black light traps. Please click “More” for the data table. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf

Out of 375 corn earworm moths evaluated this week in our pyrethroid vial tests, the mean survival rate was 31%. This is down slightly from last week’s 36%. Please click “More” to view the season summary graphs (2010 and 2011 seasons). Additional information: 2010-2011-graphs-pdf