Corn earworm update for September 1, 2022

Corn earworm (=bollworm) moth captures from southeast Virginia black light traps this week were 7 per night at Templeton (Prince George Co.) and 9 per night at Disputanta (Prince George Co.); Suffolk numbers reached 60 per night. Here is the Table. In our pyrethroid resistance monitoring tests, the seasonal average is at 33% survival (n=502 moths tested).