Corn earworm in sweet corn trapping map for July 30-Aug. 5, 2012

Zsofia Szendrei, Michigan State University Extension, Department of Entomology -

Corn earworm activity is up in southeast Michigan.

See the map below for corn earworm activity in pheromone traps for July 30-Aug 5, 2012.

Corn earworm trap map
Numbers on map represent the number of corn earworms caught
between July 30-Aug. 5, 2012. Each number is the total number of
moths caught during a week in a single pheromone trap placed
near a sweet corn field.

To learn more about corn earworm biology, trapping and management, see the recentMSU Extension News articles:

Dr. Szendrei’s work is funded in part by MSU's AgBioResearch.

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