There is a long way to go yet before we reach crop maturity and a few insects are thriving right now in late planted soybeans and dry beans. Bean leaf beetles are a risk for both soybeans and dry beans. Reports are starting to come in of some activity at various locations. This is the first generation of adults; what…
Tracey Baute April 30, 2019 3344 Comments Off on Welcome to the Great Lakes and Maritimes Pest Monitoring NetworkWelcome Trappers! The WBC Trap Network has been such a success, we have expanded it to include additional pests and new states and provinces for 2019. We have also moved the network information from the Canadian Corn Pest Coalition website to Field Crop News until a permanent home is created. The new Great Lakes and Maritimes Pest Monitoring Network will…
Tracey Baute October 4, 2018 4055 Comments Off on Corn Earworm Presence Higher Than Expected – Check Your FieldsRecent scouting efforts and grower calls indicate that corn earworm (CEW) are present in Ontario corn fields this fall, some at pretty high levels (Figure 1). Late planted fields are the most at risk, as CEW moths typically don’t blow in from the US until later in the summer and prefer to lay their eggs directly on the fresh silks….
I am still hearing from people who are looking for WBC egg masses on corn leaves. But unless they are scouting very late corn that is not in tassel yet, most of the WBC will already be larvae on the tassel or more likely in the ear. So focus on scouting the ears and tassels now. But there are other…