Our faithful pheromone trappers are back in business, as they are now monitoring for the emergence of western bean cutworm moths from the soil, see “Western Bean Cutworm Pheromone Trap Report.”
John Obermeyer
A quick glance at some ornamentals on campus revealed that the Japanese beetle is beginning its emergence in west central Indiana.
Reports from those checking fields indicate that brown stink bugs were busy this spring feeding on seedling corn.
The Purdue Ag Centers (PACs) throughout the state have faithfully been capturing, and counting, armyworm moths throughout the spring.
The female moths are attracted to many hosts, tall, early lush corn being one.
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2019
Armyworm Pheromone Trap Report – 2019
SWPAC Field Day, Thursday, June 27, Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center, 4669 N. Purdue Road, Vincennes, IN
Armyworm primarily feed on grasses. As seen in the past, and now being reported this spring, they will feed on no-tilled soybean into a cereal rye cover crop.
A few soybean fields were planted early, and they are not only emerged, but well into the V-growth stages. Producers are just now finding that these “islands” of legumes have become a trap-crop for bean leaf beetle activity early this season.
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