Armyworm has been an occasional, yet unpleasant, surprise throughout this summer to those with grass crops, e.g, corn, orchardgrass, etc. One instance of late planted corn was documented in Pest&Crop 2018.17 (July 27).
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Take a gander at the “Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report.” The number of moths suddenly flying this week has us wondering where females will lay their eggs?
Armyworm moth captures have varied throughout the state (see “Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report”). As I observed last week in Tippecanoe County, when larvae are small, their damage is negligible and easily overlooked.
Over the past few weeks armyworm moths have been captured in abundance in some of the traps placed at Purdue Ag Research Centers (see accompanying “Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report”).
Storm systems from the Southwestern portions of the country have brought more than rain showers. Many of our pheromone trap cooperators captured black cutworm moths over the last week…though numbers are relatively low. Most surprising was the number of armyworm moths captured in East Central Indiana at the Purdue Davis Ag Research Center.
Armyworm pheromone trap report table
Though black cutworm and/or armyworms moths may be present in the state, they are certainly hanging low until the conditions improve.
