Solomon Hutchins
Blog post 7 Checking insect traps 7/15/2024
Kelly, Andrea and I worked in the field checking for insect traps on 7/10. These traps are used for monitoring the appearance of pests and their stages. monitoring traps do not provide control but instead are used to predict optimal timing of treatment. There are a few cases such as with bagworms and pine shoots that the traps can be used to reduce the populations of the insects.
#1 Here is the insect trap
The field we were checking for insects was corn crop field and what insects target the crop around this time. The primary insects that are targeting corn crops are the European corn borer, corn earworm, and fall armyworm both insects known for attacking the ears of corn.
Another early season pest that attacks corn crops is black cutworm, though cutworm infestations tend to be more sporadic. During our scouting we found a plant that was damaged by a cutworm.
Cutworm Damage:
Another insect we found was a stink bug which can be harmful to corn plants. They damage the crop by feeding on plant fluids by inserting their needlelike mouthparts into stems, leaves or seed pods.
The damage from the stink bug's mouthpiece is said to be similar to stabbing the plant with a fine needle.
These stink bugs if not handled properly can causes 3 serious damage to the plant one being killing the seedlings preventing general growth from the plant, damage that can majorly stunt the plants growth hurting the farmers production and sucking damage which happens when the stink bug pierce's and suck's the plant’s sap from leaves, buds, blossoms and fruit.
Works cited:
Web images
#1 Peggy Greb, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
https://www.weedimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=1316099
University of kentucky
Michigan state univercity
https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/insect_traps_a_useful_tool_in_pest_management
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