Weekly pheromone trap catches by county are reported in the graphs below. Trap numbers are increasing in most areas of the state. It looks like another big flight is beginning. Growers are encouraged to monitor crops that are susceptible to attack, particularly soybeans, cotton, peanuts and grain sorghum. Treatment thresholds and recommended insecticides can be found in Extension publication MP144 “Insecticide Recommendations for Arkansas”.

Arkansas Bollworm 7-6
Ashley Bollworm 7-6
Clay Bollworm 7-6
Conway Perry Faulkner Bollworm 7-6
Craighead Bollworm 7-6
Crittenden Bollworm 7-6
Desha Bollworm 7-6
Drew Bollworm 7-6
Greene Bollworm 7-6
Jackson Bollworm 7-6
Jefferson Bollworm 7-6
Lawrence Bollworm 7-6
Lee Bollworm 7-6
Mississippi Bollworm 7-6
Monroe Bollworm 7-6
Phillips Bollworm 7-6
Poinsett Bollworm 7-6
Randolph Bollworm 7-6
White Bollworm 7-10
Woodruff Bollworm 7-6

“This work is supported by the Crop Protection and Pest Management Program [grant no. 2017-70006-27279/project accession no. 1013890] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.”