Black Light and Pheromone Trapping Program Has Begun for the Season

Joanne Whalen, Extension IPM Specialist; jwhalen@udel.edu

Our black light and CEW pheromone traps are now up and running for the season. The traps are generally checked on Monday and Thursday and counts are posted by early Tuesday and Friday morning. This season we will be trapping for corn earworm, European corn borer and 3 stink bug species. Please use the following link to access all trap information: http://agdev.anr.udel.edu/trap/trap.php. In addition to the new look to the page; you will also see that we have added a new feature — historical information in both a tabular and graph format. Please try out the new feature and provide feedback to me on its usefulness. I will also begin the Crop Pest Hotline in mid-May (instate: 800- 345-7544; out of state: 302- 831-8851).