September 23, 2014

WNY sweet corn trap network report 9.23.14

Sixteen sites reporting this week. European corn borer (ECB-E) was caught at one location while ECB-Z was caught at two locations. Both corn earworm (CEW) and fall armyworm (FAW) numbers have dropped this week (see graph below). CEW was reported from 12 sites but total numbers are much lower than last week. At eight of the sites the numbers are still high enough to drive the spray schedule for green silking corn. FAW was caught at all but one of the reporting sites this week, but again numbers have dropped as compared to last week.   A single Western bean cutworm (WBC) moth was caught in Eden this week (WBC) but otherwise the flight has finished.

This will be the last post of the season. I would like to thank all of the cooperators for helping to collect data this year. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions for improvements (mez4@cornell.edu).

Average sweet corn trap catches for all reporting sites from 5.20.14 to 9.23.14.

Average sweet corn trap catches for all reporting sites from 5.20.14 to 9.23.14.

 

Location ECB-E ECB-Z CEW FAW WBC Total WBC
to date
Avoca (Steuben Co.) 0 0 0 2 0 17
Avon (Livingston Co.) 0 0 8 2 0 85
Baldwinsville (Onondaga Co.) 0 0 5 18 0 41
Batavia (Genesee Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 63
Bellona (Yates Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 17
Eden (Erie Co.) 0 0 3 149 0 480
Farmington (Ontario Co.) 0 0 0 2 0 4
Hamlin (Monroe Co.) 0 2 32 10 0 21
Kennedy (Chautauqua Co.) 0 0 1 8 0 131
King Ferry (Cayuga Co.) 0 0 1 1 0 16
Kirkville (Madison Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 44
LeRoy (Genesee Co.) 0 1 11 7 0 18
Lockport (Niagra Co.) 0 0 0 23 0 9
Oswego (Oswego Co.) 0 0 58 8 0 84
Owego (Tioga Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 2
Pavilion (Genesee Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 147
Penn Yan (Yates Co.) 0 0 19 25 0 10
Plessis (Jefferson Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 161
Preble (Cortland Co.) 0 0 0 0 0 37
Seneca Castle (Ontario Co.) 0 0 1 6 0 14
Sherwood (Cayuga Co.) 1 0 8 NA NA 0
Spencerport (Monroe Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 12
Waterport (Orleans Co.) 0 0 27 2 0 31
Williamson (Wayne Co.) NA NA NA NA NA 20
ECB – European Corn Borer
CEW – Corn Earworm
FAW – Fall Armyworm
WBC – Western Bean Cutworm
NA – not available
trap catches for the week of 9.16.14 – 9.23.14

 

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