CFAES Give Today
Agronomic Crops Network

Ohio State University Extension

CFAES

Western Bean Cutworm Monitoring: Week 2 Update

Western bean cutworm moth

The second week of Western bean cutworm (WBC) monitoring resulted in low moth counts for all participating counties. Traps monitored from June 28 – July 4 had a total of 55 adult moths (0.6 statewide average moths per trap; Figure 1). This is an overall increase from monitoring last week (https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/20-2021/western-bean-cutworm-monitoring-underway-ohio). At this time, the majority of counties have low WBC averages, indicating scouting for egg masses is not necessary. Typically, WBC numbers peak in July, so we anticipate trap counts to continue to increase over the next couple of weeks.

map of Ohio with western bean cutworm trapped moths per county

Crop Observation and Recommendation Network

C.O.R.N. Newsletter is a summary of crop observations, related information, and appropriate recommendations for Ohio crop producers and industry. C.O.R.N. Newsletter is produced by the Ohio State University Extension Agronomy Team, state specialists at The Ohio State University and the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC). C.O.R.N. Newsletter questions are directed to Extension and OARDC state specialists and associates at Ohio State.