Trap counts for major insect pests are provided by the Kentucky IPM Program. Traps are located at the UK Research and Education Center in western Kentucky and the UK Spindletop Farm in Lexington. Below are trap counts for the current period.
Weekly Trap Counts for June 5 to 12
Princeton, KY |
Lexington, KY |
|
| Black cutworm |
26 |
83 |
| Armyworm |
40 |
153 |
| European corn borer |
0 |
1 |
| Southwestern corn borer |
0 |
0 |
| Corn earworm |
0 |
1 |
| Fall armyworm |
1 |
1 |
Graphs of insect trap counts for the 2015 season are available on the IPM Web site here.
2015 Stink bugs Captured in Black-Light Traps
| Month | Day | Princeton, KY | Lexington, KY |
| 3 | 16 | Trap Set | |
| 3 | 23 | 0 | |
| 3 | 30 | 0 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Trap Set |
| 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 8 | 46 | 0 |
| 5 | 15 | 74 | 0 |
| 5 | 22 | 76 | 0 |
| 5 | 29 | 102 | 31 |
| 6 | 5 | 52 | 6 |
| 6 | 12 | 204 | 6 |
A graph of stink bug counts for 2015 is available on the IPM web site here.
Submitted by Patty Lucas, Extension IPM Specialist
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