WNY Sweet Corn Trap Network Report 9.1.15

Twenty-three sites reporting this week. Eight sites reporting European corn borer (ECB)-E and eight sites reporting ECB-Z all in the single digits. Corn earworm (CEW) was reported from seventeen sites all high enough to require a 6, 5, 4, or 3 day spray schedule. These sprays will also control other worm pests. Fall armyworm (FAW) was caught at 13 sites and drastically increased from the previous week (see graph below). Western bean cutworm (WBC) continues to decline but was still caught at eleven sites.


If you are experiencing bird damage in your sweet corn and are able to quantify the amount lost due to birds, please contact Darcy Telenko at dep10@cornell.edu. Your information could help us determine different tactics to minimize yield loss due to birds.

 

Average sweet corn trap catches for all reporting sites from 5.25.15 - 9.1.15

Average sweet corn trap catches for all reporting sites from 5.25.15 – 9.1.15

 

Location ECB-E ECB-Z CEW FAW WBC Total WBC
to date
Avoca (Steuben Co.) 0 0 1 0 0 22
Avon (Livingston Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 25
Baldwinsville (Onondaga Co.) 0 0 6 25 0 139
Batavia (Genesee Co.) 0 0 1.5 0 0 22
Belfast (Allegany Co.) 0 0 4 0 0 4
Bellona (Yates Co.) 3 9 29 248 0 200
Eden (Erie Co.) 0 0 5 93 4 956
Farmington (Ontario Co.) 0 0 0 0 0 20
Hamlin (Monroe Co.) 2 1 12 6 10 98
Kennedy (Chautauqua Co.) 0 2 2 3 0 124
King Ferry (Cayuga Co.) 0 3 13 43 2 29
Kirkville (Madison Co.) 1 0 2 12 0 19
LeRoy (Genesee Co.) 2 1 5 4 8 82
Lockport (Niagara Co.) 1 0 0 9 0 29
Oswego (Oswego Co.) 0 0 0 1 1 86
Owego (Tioga Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 7
Pavilion (Genesee Co.) 0 1 92 321 2 521
Penn Yan (Yates Co.) 2 0 12 87 NA 65
Plessis (Jefferson Co.) 2 0 0 0 1 236
Preble (Cortland Co.) 0 0 0 0 1 39
Seneca Castle (Ontario Co.)* 3 1 5 NA 1 19
Sherwood (Cayuga Co.) 0 0 55 0 9 18
Spencerport (Monroe Co.) 0 0 5 2 2 10
Waterport (Orleans Co.) 0 1 7 0 0 7
Williamson (Wayne Co.) 0 0 0 0 0 0
ECB – European Corn Borer
CEW – Corn Earworm
FAW – Fall Armyworm
WBC – Western Bean Cutworm
NA – not available
*traps located in Penn Yan
trap catches for the week of 8.25.15 – 9.1.15

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