Source: NCSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION, 9/8/20


With apple harvest well underway, and most pests other than the brown marmorated stink bug declining in numbers; this will be the last Pest Update for 2020. First generation BMSB adults continue to emerge across the region, with about 90% of the population having emerged in Lincoln County, but only about 25% emergence complete in Haywood County (see Fig. 1 below). Estimated emergence in Henderson and Wilkes County is 45 and 62% complete, respectively. Pheromone trap captures continue to increase in Henderson County (see Fig. 2 below).

With first generation adult emergence continuing for the next several weeks, expect trap captures to continue to increase. In 2018 and 2019, BMSB trap captures peaked about this time, but we are currently about 200 DD behind where we were at this time in previous years.

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