David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Trap captures continue to be unusually low, save one location. This year we have corn leaf aphids in high numbers on emerging tassels at a sweet corn plot in Salisbury. Aphids are making… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Cucurbits Striped cucumber beetles and Lepidopteran rindworms continue to be the primary threat. Assail is the best striped cucumber beetle material, but if you are seeing caterpillars feeding on blossoms, you may want to include… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Sweet Corn Courtesy of Monday being a holiday, traps were checked on Tuesday and are currently being checked. Next week we will return to a Monday/Thursday trap checking schedule. Be sure to deploy traps adjacent… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Cucurbits Striped cucumber beetles continue to roll into fields. We are beginning another pyrethroid resistance monitoring effort this year and need beetles from all over Delmarva. If you have a location in which the entomology… Continue Reading
David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Cucurbits Scout for striped cucumber beetle on any planted cucurbit – cantaloupe, cucumber, watermelon, and summer squash. They have been spotted in watermelon planted last week and in high tunnel cucumbers. Of those, watermelon is… Continue Reading
