. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 534 Corn Earworm Situation, Week Ending June 12. 17 400 202 38 40^ Figures = Moths trapped. „...,. States with IgUHp = larval infestations in corn. CORN EARWORM (Heliothis zea) - OKLAHOMA - Populations per sweep in alfalfa in Grady, Cleveland, Logan, Payne, Major, Alfalfa, Grant and Kay Counties (VanCleave, James); 8 per 100 stalks of corn in Yukon area (Pennington); 12-28 per 100 tassels in corn in Seminole, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Wagoner Counties (Robinson); 3 per linear foot in corn in Muskogee County (Washum, R
. Cooperative economic insect report. Beneficial insects; Insect pests. 534 Corn Earworm Situation, Week Ending June 12. 17 400 202 38 40^ Figures = Moths trapped. „...,. States with IgUHp = larval infestations in corn. CORN EARWORM (Heliothis zea) - OKLAHOMA - Populations per sweep in alfalfa in Grady, Cleveland, Logan, Payne, Major, Alfalfa, Grant and Kay Counties (VanCleave, James); 8 per 100 stalks of corn in Yukon area (Pennington); 12-28 per 100 tassels in corn in Seminole, Okfuskee, Okmulgee and Wagoner Counties (Robinson); 3 per linear foot in corn in Muskogee County (Washum, Robinson); 0-3 per corn stalk in Johnston County (Vinson); 0-12 per stalk in 2 of 3 corn fields in Choctaw and Pushmataha Counties (Coin); and averaged 43 eggs per silk on early sweet corn in Payne County (Walton). KANSAS - Occasional early-instar larvae feeding on corn in Shawnee County. Some eggs observed. (Burkhardt). Budworms observed in few corn fields in eastern area, damage less than 1 percent. (Peters). MARYLAND - Light in whorls of field and sweet corn in Dorchester County. (U. Md., Ent. Dept.). DELAWARE - Present in corn in Kent and Sussex Counties. Also found on alfalfa in Sussex County. (Burbutis). ALABAMA - Damage to sweet corn increasing in south and central areas. (Grimes). GEORGIA - Moderate infestations on sweet corn in Spalding County. (Dupree). EUROPEAN CORN BORER (Pyrausta nubilalis) - MASSACHUSETTS - Activity increased. (Crop Pest Cont. Mess.). NEW JERSEY - Moth flights very numerous June 1 in Burlington County. (Ins. Dis. Newsl.). PENNSYLVANIA - Feeding evident on corn in southeastern area. (Menusan). DELAWARE - Moderate to heavy infestations throughout most of State in early field corn. Adults and some fresh egg masses noted statewide. Second and third-instar larvae most common, few fourth instars present in Kent and Sussex Counties. (Burbutis). MARYLAND - Whorl infestations in field corn in Dorchester County averaged 29 percent; in sweet corn, 61 percen
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