Pheromone Trap Counts, May 8, 2014

Our pheromone traps were monitored for the first time this week. Bollworm catches were high for this time of year with an average of 46 moths/trap caught in Noxubee county, 40 moths/trap in Lowndes county and 13 moths/trap in Oktibbeha county. Given that Angus Catchot is already receiving calls about bollworms in corn, it looks like we may be off to the beginning of a high bollworm year. Tobacco budworm catches were not high, with an average of 3-5 moths per trap in all 3 counties. More traps are being put up and will be reported weekly as the counts are received.