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Posts From Fred Musser, Research Entomologist

Insect Trap Counts, August 15, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, August 15, 2012

🕔14:48, 16.Aug 2012

Tobacco budworm catches were up sharply this week, especially in the northern and central Delta region. Bollworm catches were slightly higher in all regions of the state. With higher tobacco budworm catches, the proportion of worms that are budworms in

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Insect Trap Counts, August 8, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, August 8, 2012

🕔09:25, 9.Aug 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap counts were lower in all regions of MS this week and they weren’t very high before. Tobacco budworm and beet armyworm catches also remain at low levels. Unless something dramatic happens in the next few weeks, it looks like

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Insect Trap Counts, August 1, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, August 1, 2012

🕔11:04, 2.Aug 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap counts stayed at their relatively low numbers again this week. Moths are present in all areas of the state and larvae are being found in susceptible crops, but not at densities like the last few years. Tobacco

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Insect Trap Counts, July 25, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 25, 2012

🕔11:43, 27.Jul 2012

Bollworm counts plateaued throughout the state this week after rising the last two weeks. Bollworm larvae can be found in most susceptible crops, but pressure is still somewhat light compared to recent years. Tobacco budworm and beet armyworm pressure remains low.

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Insect Trap Counts, July 18, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 18, 2012

🕔14:12, 19.Jul 2012

For the second week in a row, bollworm pheromone trap catches were up sharply throughout the state. They are now in a  range more typical of catches in previous years. Tobacco budworm catches were up some in the Delta this

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Insect Trap Counts, July 11, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 11, 2012

🕔11:36, 12.Jul 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap catches were higher in all regions this week. Reports from field scouts also indicate that bollworms are being flushed more commonly from fields, so expect to see more bollworm larvae in the near future. Bollworm catches are still

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Insect Trap Counts, July 4, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, July 4, 2012

🕔10:03, 6.Jul 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap counts remain at low levels throughout the state. They are so low that we are catching more tobacco budworms than bollworms, a very rare occurence for this time of year.

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Insect Trap Counts, June 27, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, June 27, 2012

🕔15:02, 29.Jun 2012

Pheromone trap catches of bollworm have been low all year and this week they were even lower. No individual trap monitored had more than 4 moths in it from the entire week. None were caught in the south Delta. Unfortunately, traps

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Insect Trap Counts, June 20, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, June 20, 2012

🕔10:49, 21.Jun 2012

Bollworm trap counts remain low again in all monitored regions. Tobacco budworm and beet armyworm counts are also fairly low, so it appears that worm pests are not a major problem in MS cotton production at this time. Our best

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Insect Trap Counts, June 13, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, June 13, 2012

🕔15:01, 14.Jun 2012

Bollworm pheromone trap counts inched higher for a second consecutive week, but are still lower than normal. With much corn past green silk stage, bollworms in the region will be laying their eggs in cotton, soybeans or late corn. Tobacco

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Insect Trap Counts, June 6, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, June 6, 2012

🕔10:27, 8.Jun 2012

Bollworm and budworm pheromone trap catches are up some from last week, but bollworm catches are still far below typical catches for this time of year. Some sampling of corn and sweet corn has confirmed the low pressure. Once corn

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Insect Trap Counts, May 30, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, May 30, 2012

🕔16:12, 31.May 2012

For the second week in a row, bollworm counts were very low in all regions. In the chart below you can see that Delta counts this week averaged less than 10 moths/trap for the week, while they averaged about 300 per

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Insect Trap Counts, May 23, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, May 23, 2012

🕔16:34, 24.May 2012

Pheromone trap counts for bollworm and tobacco budworm for the week are much lower than last week or than last year at this time, particularly in the Delta. Therefore, corn that is now silking may not have as much corn earworm

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Insect Trap Counts, May 18, 2012

Insect Trap Counts, May 18, 2012

🕔10:39, 18.May 2012

Pheromone trap  counts for bollworm were steady to lower this week in most areas. Tobacco budworm counts were steady to higher. Compared to last year at this time, counts are similar or lower for both pests.

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Insect Trap Counts for May 9, 2012

Insect Trap Counts for May 9, 2012

🕔15:21, 11.May 2012

Pheromone traps are up and running for 2012. I will be posting county average trap counts here weekly from the Delta, the Northeastern Hills and the Central MS region for bollworm, tobacco budworm and beet armyworm.  Most counties have 2 traps

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Insect Trap Counts, Sept. 1, 2011

🕔16:09, 1.Sep 2011

Bollworm traps continue to catch substantial moths. Tobacco budworm counts were steady in the Northeastern and Central regions, but dropped in the Delta after a large spike last week. I have not been reporting fall armyworm counts this year, but

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Insect Trap Counts, August 24, 2011

🕔10:26, 29.Aug 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

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Insect Trap Counts, August 18, 2011

🕔16:21, 19.Aug 2011

Bollworm trap counts continue to be moderate to high in traps across the state. Tobacco budworm counts building slightly and high beet armyworm counts remain in the central region of the state. Delta trap data not available at the time

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Insect Trap Counts, August 3, 2011

🕔14:59, 5.Aug 2011

Bollworm counts were higher and tobacco budworm counts were lower this week in all regions. Southwestern corn borer counts were not compiled this week, but were generally much higher this week. Most corn is matured enough that little damage will occur

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Insect Trap Counts, July 28, 2011

🕔14:58, 29.Jul 2011

Bollworm, budworm and beet armyworm trap catches remained similar to last week with moderate densities of bollworm in all areas of the state. Southwestern corn borer trap captures increased in most areas this past week, indicating the onset of the 3rd generation for the

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Insect Trap Counts, July 21, 2011

🕔23:04, 22.Jul 2011

Bollworm trap counts were higher this week throughout the state and tobacco budworm counts were higher in the Delta. Southwestern corn borer counts were relatively low this week, but started to rise this week in many areas, signaling the beginning

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Insect Trap Counts, 7-14-11

🕔15:17, 15.Jul 2011

Bollworm, tobacco budworm and beet armyworm pheromone trap captures remained similar to last week. Southwestern corn borer trap counts were lower this week, indicating that the second generation peak has past. One field in Leflore County had SWCB trap captures of

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Insect Trap Counts, July 7, 2011

🕔09:33, 8.Jul 2011

Insect pheromone trap counts for the last week were steady to slightly lower for all species as a whole. Bollworm catches remained fairly high in some delta counties. Typically this week would have been the peak catch for second generation southwestern corn

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Insect Trap Counts, June 30, 2011

🕔14:48, 1.Jul 2011

Overall not much change in insect trap counts from last week. Bollworm counts were somewhat higher in the Delta and Central MS regions, tobacco budworm counts were lower in all regions, especially in the Delta were no budworms were caught this week.

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Insect Trap Counts, June 23, 2011

🕔11:28, 24.Jun 2011

Pheromone trap counts for bollworm, tobacco budwrom and beet armyworm were all similar to last week in all regions. Counts of tobacco budworm and beet armyworm are high compared to historical data, especially in the central part of the state.

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