Vegetable IPM Update 08/25/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moths are still appearing in several locations, but numbers remain very low, and feeding has only occasionally been reported.   ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly blacklight trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/25/21 are as follows:

Bellemeade   1 Farmingdale   1 Hillsborough   1
Centerton   1 Flanders   1 Old Bridge   1
Downer   1 Green Creek   1 South Branch   1

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Vegetable IPM Update 08/18/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moths are still appearing in several locations, but numbers remain very low, and feeding has only occasionally been reported.   ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly blacklight trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/18/21 are as follows:

Bellemeade   1 Milford   1
Downer   1 New Egypt   1
Medford   1 Oldwick   1

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Vegetable IPM Update 08/11/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured at more locations over the past week, but numbers remain very low, and feeding has rarely risen to detectable levels.   ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly blacklight trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/11/21 are as follows:

Califon   1 Jones Island   1 South Branch   1
Crosswicks   1 Medford   1
Downer   1 New Egypt   1

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Vegetable IPM Update 08/04/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moths have been captured at a few more locations over the past week, although recording sites are relatively few and numbers are very low.   ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 08/04/21 are as follows:

Blairstown   1 Hillsborough   1 New Egypt   1
Downer   1 Medford   1
Flanders   1 Milltown   1

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Vegetable IPM Update 07/28/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state.   ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/28/21 are as follows:

Crosswicks   1
Matawan   1

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Vegetable IPM Update 07/21/21

Sweet Corn

European corn borer (ECB) moth catches continue to be extremely low around the state.   We are in between adult generations at this time.  ECB population maps will resume if second flight catches rise to high enough numbers.

The highest nightly trap catches of ECB for the week ending 07/21/21 are as follows:

Centerton   1
Milford   1

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