Vegetable Pest Trapping Summary, Ohio, 1999

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Pests

Corn Earworm (Tomato Fruitworm)
European Corn Borer (pheromone traps)
European Corn Borer & Hornworms (blacklight trap)
Squash Vine Borer
Variegated Cutworm

 

 

 

Corn earworm (tomato fruitworm)

Number of moths trapped per week on commercial farms (comm.) at Racine, Wooster, Copley & Fremont or research farms (res.) at Hillsboro, Columbus, Celeryville, Wooster & Fremont.

trap type = pheromone in ‘Heliothis’ trap (white plastic mesh, cone shaped)
Number of Traps per site = 1.

Approx. Meigs Co. Highland Co. Franklin Co. Wayne Co. Summit Co. Huron Co. Sandusky Co.
Date (Racine) (Hillsboro) (Columbus) (Wooster, res.) (Wooster, comm.) (Copley) (Celeryville) (Fremont, res.) (Fremont, comm.)
Mean # MOTHS PER TRAP
6/1 18 --* 0 --* --* --* --* 0 --*
6/8 6 --* 0 --* --* --* 8 1 --*
6/15 4 --* 0 --* --* --* 22 0 --*
6/22 0 --* 0 --* --* --* 1 0 --*
6/29 7 0 1 --* --* --* 7 1 14
7/6 17 0 4 --* --* --* 1 0 12
7/13 3 3 1 --* --* --* 0 0 1
7/20 1 5 1 0 --* --* 0 0 5
7/27 6 5 1 2 3 --* 0 0 1
8/3 0 8 3 4 8 0 3 0 4
8/10 6 4 26 8 14 1 2 0 2
8/17 11 --** 82 32 27 27 67 21 0
8/24 4 12 128 173 69 22 51 56 24
8/31 10 18 64 58 6 27 16 27 64
9/7 58 --** 18 51 29 13 4 7 9
9/14 43 --** 29 7 3 --** 12 5 20
9/21 86 --** 3 5 2 --** --** 1 4

* Trap not set
** Trap catch not available

 

European corn borer - Pheromone Traps

Number of moths trapped per week on commercial farms (comm.) at Racine, Holmsville, Wooster, Copley & Fremont or research farms (res.) at Hillsboro, Columbus, Celeryville, Wooster & Fremont.

(males only); trap type = pheromone (‘Iowa’ type) in ‘Heliothis’ trap (white plastic mesh, cone shaped),
Number of traps per site = 1.

Approx. Meigs Co. HighlandCo. Franklin Co. Holmes Co. Wayne Co. Summit Co. Huron Co. Sandusky Co.
Date (Racine) (Hillsboro) (Columbus) (Holmesville) (Wooster, res.) (Wooster, comm.) (Copley) (Celeryville) (Fremont, res,) (Fremont, comm.)
Mean # MOTHS PER TRAP
6/1 8 --* 5 --* --* --* --* --* 21 --*
6/8 31 --* 5 --* --* --* --* 24 7 --*
6/15 5 --* 2 --* --* --* --* 35 22 --*
6/22 3 --* 0 --* --* --* --* 1 3 --*
6/29 2 0 1 --* --* --* --* 0 6 22
7/6 0 0 0 --* --* --* --* 0 12 3
7/13 2 2 0 --* --* --* --* 0 5 0
7/20 0 3 5 --* 15 --* --* 0 11 2
7/27 14 12 3 --* 48 4 12 0 5 3
8/3 2 4 8 --* 188 16 21 0 20 2
8/10 2 4 8 33 196 20 12 0 4 9
8/17 0 --** 2 94 63 15 7 0 30 33
8/24 2 19 11 --** 36 15 6 8 32 20
8/31 10 31 13 9 42 7 6 15 34 73
9/7 6 --** 17 33 56 5 14 138 381 138
9/14 5 --** 2 --** 30 4 --** 266 240 110
9/21 2 --** 4 --** 17 1 --** --** 17 34

* Trap not set
** Trap catch not available

 

European Corn Borer & Hornworms

Trap type = blacklight trap, Number of Traps = 1.

Sandusky Co. (Fremont)
Approx. European Corn Borer Hornworms
Date female male total total
# Moths per trap
5/4 0 0 0 0
5/11 0 0 0 0
5/18 16 15 31 0
5/25 31 25 56 0
6/1 37 27 64 0
6/8 45 50 95 0
6/15 7 16 23 1
6/22 2 2 4 2
6/29 3 0 3 2
7/6 0 1 1 3
7/13 1 0 1 0
7/20 21 26 47 0
7/27 31 34 65 0
8/3 92 88 180 0
8/10 114 107 221 12
8/17 70 33 103 36
8/24 180 61 241 25
8/31 228 98 326 12
9/7 535 391 926 28
9/14 119 154 273 13
9/21 2 12 14 1

 

Squash vine borer

Number of moths trapped per week in home garden, on commercial farms (comm.) or research farms (res.).

Trap type = pheromone in unitrap (white bucket with yellow middle and green top)

Approx. Franklin Co. Central Sandusky Co. Western Sandusky Co.
Date home garden res. res. comm. comm. comm. comm.
zucchini gourd/pumpkin (mean of 2) zucchini squash gourd squash gourd
6/22 40 --* 4 22 --* 9 11
6/29 66 33.0 8 17 --* 7 1
7/6 92 22.5 18 --** --* 5 14
7/13 37 19.0 12 7 9 4 1
7/20 12 7.0 3 7 15 2 1
7/27 20 5.0 3 4 19 0 6
8/3 7 2.0 1 1 12 1 2
8/10 9 1 1 2 0 1 0
8/17 9 2 2 0 8 2 2
8/24 10 6.5 0 --** --** 0 0
8/31 dismantled 3.5 --** --** --** --** --**
9/7 3.0 0 --** --** --** --**
9/14 0 0 --** --** --** --**
9/21 0 0 --** --** --** --**

* Trap not set
** Trap catch not available

 

 Variegated cutworm

trap type = pheromone in unitrap (white bucket with yellow middle and green top)

Approx. Franklin Co. Huron Co. Sandusky Co.
Date (Columbus) (Celeryville) (Fremont)
Mean of 3 Traps 1 Trap Mean of 3 Traps
6/1 10.0 --* 2.3
6/8 41.3 14 18.3
6/15 61.3 3 22.0
6/22 131.7 1 45.7
6/29 74.3 7 22.3
7/6 237.0 7 16.7
7/13 316.0 0 45.0
7/20 100.0 0 26.0
7/27 29.3 0 22.8
8/3 7.0 11 7.0
8/10 19.3 1 8.0
8/17 24.0 0 7.0
8/24 18.7 0 7.3
8/31 21.3 0 3.3
9/7 13.7 dismantled dismantled
9/14 16.7
9/21 dismantled

* Trap not set

 

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