Ames Herbert’s 2011 “Insect Pest Management in Virginia Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean” is now available online at: http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/AREC/AREC-7/AREC-7.html
This document summarizes thrips, corn earworm, stink bug, southern corn rootworm, and other insect pest trials in the above crops. It also includes the results of the 2011 field corn survey, soybean insecticide use survey, and black light trap captures.

Petersburg was the only station that reported captures of BMSB this week, with a total of 6 captured for the week of Sep. 23-29. Please see the attached table for the season summary. Please note that we will continue to inform our clientele of the status of BMSB in Virginia soybean; our scout is continuing his efforts a couple more weeks. Additional information: bmsb-blacklight-table-11-pdf

Very low numbers of corn earworm moths reported this week; please see the final table for details. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

Accoreind to a recent email from Malone Rosemond with Bayer CropScience, “Bayer will discontinue supplying Larvin as of December 2011. The channel can still sell and growers can still use Larvin until supplies are exhausted. This decision will not impact Aeris, as thiodicarb will still be produced for this product”.

Brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) black light trap catches for this week totaled 1 in Virginia Beach and zero in Warsaw, Petersburg, and Suffolk. If you click “More” you can see the results (to date) of Dr. Herbert’s survey of BMSB in soybean. Additional information: va-bmsb-2011-pdf

Nightly averages for corn earworm moths in our black light traps were as follows: Warsaw (33), Petersburg (18), Prince George (12), Suffolk (15). Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

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