Twenty-one sites reporting this week with 12 sites reporting European corn borer-E (ECB-E). The Seneca Castle site had the highest count with 37 moths. Only four sites reporting ECB-Z. Corn earworm (CEW) was reported at 4 sites, with three of the sites over threshold indicating a need for a spray, please see the chart at the bottom of this page. Ten sites reporting Fall armyworm (FAW) but the average number has dropped from last week. Western bean cutworm (WBC) was caught at 18 of the 21 sites reporting, with a high count of 216 at the Eden site. It appears that WBC numbers are still increasing (see graph below).
Below is a graphical representation of moth emergence for the season. All reporting sites have been averaged to show the general trend for the 5 moth species for western NY from May 20 to August 5 (please see the map for site locations). Numbers for ECB-Z have been low for most of the season. ECB-E peaked on June 17th with a second flight beginning now. FAW numbers have been much higher this year with average trap catches of 20 moths 5 weeks earlier than last year. WBC numbers appear to be on the rise. In 2013 WBC peaked the first week of August, so we could begin to see a drop in trap catches after this week.
Average sweet corn trap catches for all reporting sites from 5.20.14 to 8.5.14.
| Location | ECB-E | ECB-Z | CEW | FAW | WBC | Total WBC to date |
DD to date |
| Avoca (Steuben Co.) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 16 | 1478 |
| Avon (Livingston Co.) | 0 | 0 | NA | 10 | 42 | 58 | 1722 |
| Baldwinsville (Onondaga Co.) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 1735 |
| Batavia (Genesee Co.) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 45 | 1347 |
| Bellona (Yates Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 11 | 1786 |
| Eden (Erie Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 216 | 429 | 1594 |
| Farmington (Ontario Co.) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1627 |
| Hamlin (Monroe Co.) | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1619 |
| Kennedy (Chautauqua Co.) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 101 | 1358 |
| King Ferry (Cayuga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1 | 1679 |
| Kirkville (Madison Co.) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 | 1814 |
| LeRoy (Genesee Co.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1492 |
| Lockport (Niagra Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1523 |
| Oswego (Oswego Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 49 | 1591 |
| Owego (Tioga Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1526 |
| Pavilion (Genesee Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 50 | 108 | 1492 |
| Penn Yan (Yates Co.) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1736 |
| Plessis (Jefferson Co.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 124 | 1512 |
| Preble (Cortland Co.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 1670 |
| Seneca Castle (Ontario Co.) | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1644 |
| Sherwood (Cayuga Co.) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 1679 |
| Spencerport (Monroe Co.) | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1722 |
| Waterport (Orleans Co.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 1619 |
| Williamson (Wayne Co.) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1543 |
| ECB – European Corn Borer CEW – Corn Earworm FAW – Fall Armyworm WBC – Western Bean Cutworm NA – not available DD – Degree Day (modified base 50F) accumulation |
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| trap catches for the week of 7.29.14 – 8.5.14 |
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