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WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - September 3, 2025

Little has changed in insect activity during the past week, with trap captures continually being low or on the decline in most commercial orchards. The exception is brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB),…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 27, 2025

With the exception of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), trap captures of key pests declined during the past week, with codling moth and apple maggot numbers declining at both the research…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 19, 2025

Codling moth and oriental fruit moth (OFM): With the exception of locations that have had high codling moth problems for much of the year, trap captures remain very low in managed orchards. OFM…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 12, 2025

During the past week, codling moth and apple maggot numbers in traps have slightly declined, oriental fruit moth (OFM) numbers are similar to last week, and brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) numbers…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - August 5, 2025

The recent cool weather has slowed insect development, and consequently not much has changed in the past week. Codling moth, brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), and apple maggot remain the key pests…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 30, 2025

As August approaches, apple insect activity continues to pick up. Although many orchards still have low pest pressure, codling moth, oriental fruit moth (OFM), apple maggot and brown marmorated stink…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 22, 2025

As we move into the latter part of July and into August, the diversity of potential insect pests will begin to increase. While codling moth remains a potential concern in some orchards, other insect…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 15, 2025

Codling moth: At 1600 cumulative degree days (DD), we are in the midst of second generation codling moth in Henderson County. At this time the model predicts that approximately 85% of adults have…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - July 8, 2025

Second generation codling moth is the main insect of concern this week, with first generation brown marmorated stink bug emergence predicted to start in about a week in lower elevation orchards…

WNC Orchard Insect Pest Populations - June 30, 2025

Codling Moth: In lower elevation orchards (i.e., those ranging from about 800 to 1300 ft) an insecticide targeting second generation codling moth should have been applied by this time. Optimum timing…