WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations – September 14, 2020

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— Written By Jim Walgenbach and last updated by Brandon Hopper

The last full pest report was September 8, but traps will continue to be checked and the numbers updated until insect populations approach zero. Most pests except for brown marmorated stink bug are continuing to decline in number.

The full September 8 pest report can be seen on our website. All previous 2020 pest reports can be found by scrolling down this page.

Learn more about southeastern apple insect pests at the Apple Insect Management page.

2020 Average Weekly Trap Captures

HENDERSON COUNTY
	Insects per trap
	Aug 31	Sep 7	Sep 14
Codling moth	0.1	0.0	0.1
Oriental fruit moth	4.3	2.6	4.4
Tufted apple bud moth	0.5	0.0	0.0
Redbanded leafroller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Obliquebanded leafroller	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lesser appleworm	0.0	0.0	0.0
Apple maggot (abandoned and research orchards)	7.0	2.0	1.3
Brown marmorated stink bug (commercial)	3.7	7.3	4.3
Brown marmorated stink bug (unsprayed)	23.5	31.8	32.3
Spotted tentiform leafminer	0.0	0.0	0.0
Dogwood borer	27.0	13.0	12.0
Peachtree borer	18.0	14.0	22.0
Lesser peachtree borer	38.0	33.0	29.0
San Jose scale	225.0	35.0	7.5

*Note that these averages illustrate only the timing of insect emergence and fluctuations in populations, and are not representative of population levels in any given orchard. The only way to have an accurate assessment of an individual orchard’s populations is to set up traps in that orchard.

2020 Accumulated Degree Days

HENDERSON COUNTY
	Aug 31	Sep 7	Sep 14
Codling moth (Biofix 4/20)	2405 DD	2567 DD	2713 DD
Oriental fruit moth (Biofix 3/30)	3223 DD	3417 DD	3598 DD
Tufted apple bud moth (Biofix 4/27)	2965 DD	3159 DD	3340 DD