Mr. Kyle Sturgis and Bill Shockley have embarked on a more extensive insect pest trapping effort on the Eastern Shore. Click more to view a spreadsheet of pheromone trap catch and blacklight trap catch from various locations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. This same spreadsheet will include other locations and will add new catch numbers on a weekly basis. We are getting organized to deliver a more comprehensive picture of the activity of major agricultural pest insects on the Eastern Shore.

In summary the spreadsheet shows the first real rise in counts of both corn earworm and European corn borer in the Mappsville and Assawoman areas of the Eastern Shore. Activity in Eastville appears to be low. There have been no catches of either beet armyworm or fall armyworm so far. It is early for those pests, although a fall armyworm infestation in late planted corn was seen in Northampton County this week.
Additional information: es-insect-trap-counts-7-16-10-7-23-10-xls