When looking over the Black Cutworm Pheromone Trap Captures, you will notice that there have been some very busy traps!
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The “Black Cutworm Adult Pheromone Trap Report,” below, features moth captures that are mostly low, with a few surprises.
It is still believed that black cutworm does not over-winter in the Corn Belt, but rather they are carried here on weather fronts and literally “rain” on Indiana.
It seems that the freezing temperatures, and snow, of just over a week ago has spurred an increase in the black cutworm and armyworm moth activity, see the accompanying pheromone trap captures.
Black cutworm moth catches in many of our cooperator’s pheromone traps continue to be quite impressive (see “Black Cutworm Adult Pheromone Trap Report”).
Many black cutworm trappers have captured large numbers of moths, see “Black Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report.” In trying to find levity during the Covid-19 pandemic, there have been various quips during their reports about this pest’s lack of adherence to our social distancing guidelines!
In looking over the black cutworm and armyworm pheromone reports, it is obvious that many moths have arrived into Indiana.
The following map, based on GDD50, is provided to assist in timely scouting of emerged cornfields for black cutworm damage.
Every spring, dozens of cooperators throughout the state put forth considerable effort in trapping for the arrival and intensity of black cutworm moths.
Multiple intensive black cutworm moth captures, 9 or more caught over a 2-night period, around April 12, signaled for us to begin tracking heat units (Base 50), see “Black Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report.”
