1999- Current Pest Report – Tarnished Plant Bug
Tree stage:
4/6/99 – green tip
4/8/99 – half inch green
4/14/99 – half inch green plus 1-2 leaves folded back
4/16/99 – nearly tight cluster
4/21/99 – tight cluster
4/26/99 – loose cluster
5/1/99 – pink
5/5/99 – early bloom
Tarnished plant bug trap captures
Average number of tarnished plant bug adults captured per trap in each monitored block. Averages are cummulative.** Threshold =5/ trap by tight cluster or 8/ trap by pink.**
orchard | 4/12/99 | 4/19/99 | 4/26/99 | 5/3/99 |
Barden | 0/trap | .2/trap | .2/trap | |
Knight | .2/trap | .2/trap | .4/trap | |
Phillips | .2/trap | .6/trap | .6/trap | 1/trap |
Smith | .5/trap | 1.5/trap | 2.3/trap | 3/trap |
Phantom | 0/trap | 0/trap | 0/trap | 0/trap |