Corn earworm moth trap captures for the week ending July 21, 2011

Corn earworm moth black light trap catches remain low, with a range of 0.1 to 3.6 per night. Please click “More” to see the black light data table. In 2010, trap catch numbers began their upward climb during the last week of July. Also, Helene Doughty reported that pheromone traps in Pungo captured a weekly total of 2 corn earworm moths at the Baker farm (the Henley farm trap was damaged). Eleven corn earworm moths were captured in the Hampton Roads AREC pheromone trap in Virginia Beach, and 9 were caught in the Eastern Shore AREC pheromone trap last week. Additional information: blacklight-table-11-pdf

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