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Western bean cutworm trapping in the Panhandle and southwestern Nebraska
['Pin-Chu Lai', 'Nebraska Extension Entomologist']
The Fence Post
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on WhatsApp Share via Email Share via SMS Copy LinkThe Western bean cutworm weekly update ending July 24 showed high moth flight continued in southwestern Nebraska and declined in parts of the Panhandle.
Scouting highly recommended for all corn across western Nebraska and dry beans in Dundy/Scotts Bluff counties.
For corn, a match between moth flight and the late whorl to early tassel stage of corn can result in high levels of infestation.
More information on scouting, treatment recommendations, and insecticide options: https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2020/scouting-and-treatment-recommendations-western-bean-cutworm/ .
Green bucket traps are monitored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research Extension and Education Center Entomology Lab (Scotts Bluff and Sioux counties), John Thomas (Nebraska Extension educator; Box Butte County), Samantha Daniel (Nebraska Extension educator; Chase, Dundy, Perkins counties), and Vinicius Zuppa (Nebraska Extension educator; Cheyenne County).