David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Moth counts are variable in pheromone but pay attention to blacklight trap captures. Our thresholds for blacklight traps can be found here: https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/cooperative-extension/sustainable-production/pest-management/insect-trapping/silk-stage-sweet-corn/. Blacklight traps with counts of 2 or greater on Thursday… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Congratulations to Rachel Yocum for correctly answering last week’s Guess The Pest challenge. Everyone else who submitted correct answers will be entered in the end of the year raffle. Squash bugs have been active for… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland;jbrust@umd.edu On several farms I have visited lately with squash I was surprised to see several wilted plants (Fig. 1) that upon further inspection had squash vine borers. Some of these squash plants… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu I talk about this every year it seems, but I still see cucumber beetle and squash bug problems at the base of growers’ cucurbit plants. So far this has been a… Continue Reading
Jerry Brust, IPM Vegetable Specialist, University of Maryland; jbrust@umd.edu Every year it seems just as pumpkin plants are coming up squash bugs magically appear. This year is no exception as squash bugs were found feeding at the base of 3-5… Continue Reading
