Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 6/11/19


We are at the time when the threat of damage by direct insect pests is at the expected lowest point of the year. First generation codling moth is now complete, and second generation OFM populations are (as typical) very low. In Henderson County, brown marmorated stink bug pheromone trap captures have declined to less than 1 per trap. There remain some BMSB hotspots, particularly in the lower-elevation piedmont areas. BMSB populations have been considerably higher at all piedmont versus mountain trapping sites this year.

Pests that are the most likely to require insecticidal control are the same as those mentioned last week – potato leafhopper, aphids and European red mite.

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