Vegetable Crop Insect Scouting

Sweet Corn
Earworm catches in pheromone traps have decreased considerably but still indicate high populations for sweet corn. Please note, moth populations in silking sweet corn may be quite a bit higher than the trap data indicated here. We have completed vial testing for the season; the last batch of 20 treated moths resulted in about 45% survivorship. Trap counts from Thursday are as follows:

Trap Location BLT – CEW Pheromone CEW
3 nights total catch
Dover 4 32
Harrington 1 26
Milford 7 47
Rising Sun 4 48
Wyoming 3 63
Bridgeville 2 52
Concord 2 43
Georgetown 1 123
Greenwood 2  
Laurel 3 61
Seaford 1 23
Trap Pond 1 1
Lewes   37