Tobacco Insect Scouting Report. July 25, 2014

— Contributors: Hannah Burrack | July 25, 2014 (Updated: Jan. 14, 2016, 9:50 a.m.)

It is now week thirteen of scouting, and our one of our locations has begun harvest! There has been little change in insect activity, although there has been a slight decrease in budworm density and an increase in flea beetles populations. Since the tobacco plants are almost ready to harvest, the flea beetles numbers that we are seeing are of no significance and will not cause much damage to the plants. No pests are close to the threshold amounts.

Scouting Report, Eastern 1 – Grower Standard Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No treatment	0.18 – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No treatment	None observed

Scouting Report, Eastern 2 – IPM Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No Treatment	0.46 – No treatment	0% tobacco budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No Treatment	0.04 stink bugs/plant

Scouting Report , Eastern 3 – Grower Standard Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No treatment	2.7 – No treatment	0% tobacco budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0.03 stilt bugs/plant

Scouting Report, Eastern 4 – IPM Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No Treatment	3.5 – No treatment	0 tobacco budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No Treatment	0.05 stink bugs/plant

Scouting Report Piedmont 1 – Grower Standard Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 aphid infested plants – No treatment	0.28 – No treatment	0% tobacco budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0.08 parasitised budworms/plant 0.1 stilt bug/plant

Scouting Report, Piedmont 2 – IPM Field

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infested plants	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No Treatment	0.4 – No treatment	0% tobacco budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No Treatment	.04 stink bugs/plant .06 stilt bugs/plant

Here are the scouting reports from the control plots for our experiments at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station near Rocky Mount, NC and the Lower Coastal Plain Research Station near Kinston, NC. For some of these experiments, the control plots receive no insecticide treatments for the entire season. For some of the experiments, we are interested in only caterpillar pests so all plants in the experiment, including the control plots, are treated in the greenhouse with imidacloprid to prevent other early season pests.

On Station, Kinston – No data taken due to topping**

On Station, Rocky Mount – Control plants with no insecticide treatment

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infestation	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No Treatment	0 – No treatment	0% budworm infested plants – No treatment	0 – No treatment	0 – No Treatment	1% plants infested with TSWV

On Station, Rocky Mount – Control plants treated with imidacloprid

Insect observation	No. aphid infested plants	Flea beetles per plant	Percent tobacco budworm infestation	Hornworms per plant	Percent cutworm damaged plants	Other insects
Treatment needed?	0 – No Treatment	0 – No treatment	4% budworm infested plants – No treatment	0– No treatment	0 – No Treatment	1% plants infested with TSWV