2002 – Current Pest Report – Tarnished Plant Bug

Tree stage:

3/31/02 – green tip
4/13/02 – half inch green
4/15/02 – tight cluster
4/18/02 – pink
4/20/02 – bloom
5/6/02 – petal fall

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 4/15/02 4/20/02 4/25/02
East Farm .3/ trap 1.3/ trap
Phillips 2/ trap
Steere 0/ trap
Jaswell 5.8/ trap
B. Smith 1/ trap
Elwood .5/ trap