Although western bean cutworm numbers were low this year, we have recently seen and also received reports about high corn earworm populations in late-planted corn and field peas. Corn earworm is a pest with many hosts including corn, tomatoes and certain legumes. In Ohio, it is typically considered a pest of sweet corn rather than field corn, but this past week substantial populations have been found in certain field corn sites in the northwest and northeast in late-planted fields. It is open to debate how well corn earworm can overwinter in most parts of Ohio, and the majority of our po