Insect Trap Counts, August 24, 2011

The bollworm flight continues at a moderate to high level throughout the state. Tobacco budworm catches are sharply higher this week in the Delta, but not in the other regions. A similar spike in budworm catches occurred in late August during 2010. The sources of these moths are unknown, but there is obviously one or more hosts in the Delta landscape that is generating late-summer tobacco budworms.