WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations – August 28, 2024

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Brown marmorated stink bug damage spots on appleNot much has changed in the past week, with brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) being the main pest of concern, and the threat of damage highest on late-maturing cultivars. With about 55% of the F1 adult population emerged in Henderson County (90% in Cleveland County), overall numbers are comparatively low compared to past years. This continues a trend observed during the past 3 years, in which overall populations as measured by pheromone trap captures continues to decline. However, in the absence of reliable threshold levels, a pyrethroid application up through the first week of September on cultivars harvested after mid- to late September is recommended.


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


2024 Average Weekly Trap Captures

HENDERSON COUNTY
Insects per trap
Aug 12 Aug 19 Aug 26
Codling moth 2.5 0.5 0.0
Oriental fruit moth 15.5 12.0 5.5
Tufted apple bud moth 11.0 1.0 3.0
Redbanded leafroller 0.0 0.0 0.0
Obliquebanded leafroller 7.0 0.0 0.0
Lesser appleworm 0.0 0.0 1.0
Apple maggot (research orchards) 0.0 0.0 0.0
Apple maggot (abandoned orchard) 6.0 1.0 3.0
Brown marmorated stink bug (commercial) 0.7 1.4 5.0
Brown marmorated stink bug (unsprayed research orchard) 0.7 1.7 4.7
Spotted tentiform leafminer 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dogwood borer 45.0 58.0 49.0
Peachtree borer 14.0 14.0 16.0
Lesser peachtree borer 10.0 11.0 25.0
San Jose scale 5.0 127.5 40.0

*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.


2024 Accumulated Degree Days

HENDERSON COUNTY
Aug 12 Aug 19 Aug 26
Codling moth (Biofix: April 15) 2347 2514 2656
Oriental fruit moth (Biofix: March 15) 3215 3417 3600
Tufted apple bud moth (Biofix: April 15) 2921 3123 3306

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2024 Pest Population Trends

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