Weekly trap counts for major insect pests are provided by the Kentucky IPM Program. Traps are located at the UK Research Center in western Kentucky and the UK Spindletop Farm in Lexington. Below are trap counts for the current period.
July 18 to July 25
|
Princeton, KY |
Lexington, KY |
|
| Black cutworm |
4 |
18 |
| Armyworm |
48 |
3 |
| Corn earworm |
0 |
0 |
| European corn borer |
0 |
3 |
| Southwestern corn borer |
4 |
1 |
| Fall armyworm |
150 |
1 |
Graphs of insect trap counts for the 2014 season are available on the IPM web site at http://www.uky.edu/Ag/IPM/ipm.htm. You can now also select from the menu to view all trap counts for the 2014 season in a table format.
Submitted by Patty Lucas, IPM Specialist
Kentucky Pest News 