European corn borer flight has started in 4 of the 7 sites reporting this week. The highest count was 20 ECB-Z at the new site in Seneca Castle. Corn earworm (CEW) and fall armyworm (FAW) were not caught at any of the reporting sites. Western bean cutworm (WBC) traps will be set in the next 1-2 weeks.
ECB moths are attracted to the most advanced corn, especially fields started under plastic or row cover. In these early plantings, larvae don’t feed in the whorl and emerge in the tassel as they do in bare ground corn and the usual scouting and threshold recommendations do not apply. For management recommendations for ECB in early corn please see “Managing ECB in plastic, row cover, or transplanted sweet corn”.
| Location | ECB-E | ECB-Z | CEW | FAW | WBC | Total WBC to date |
| Avoca (Steuben Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Avon (Livingston Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Baldwinsville (Onondaga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Batavia (Genesee Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Bellona (Yates Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Eden (Erie Co.) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Farmington (Ontario Co.) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Hamlin (Monroe Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kennedy (Chautauqua Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| King Ferry (Cayuga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Kirkville (Madison Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| LeRoy (Genesee Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lockport (Niagra Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Oswego (Oswego Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Owego (Tioga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Pavilion (Genesee Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Penn Yan (Yates Co.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Plessis (Jefferson Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Preble (Cortland Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Seneca Castle (Ontario Co.) | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Sherwood (Cayuga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Spencerport (Monroe Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Waterport (Orleans Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| Williamson (Wayne Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NA | NA |
| ECB – European Corn Borer CEW – Corn Earworm FAW – Fall Armyworm WBC – Western Bean Cutworm NA – not available |
||||||
| trap catches for the week of 5.27.14 – 6.3.14 |
||||||
