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Insect, Pest Fact Sheets

Vol 2 No.13   August 22, 2005

Apple: Weekly Trap Counts

County

Location

Dates Traps were Out in Orchard

Degree Days (Dates)**

CM

RBLR

OBLR

LAW

AM***

La Crescent Region

Fillmore

Preston

8/08 to 8/16

2013.7 (4/05 to 8/15)

35

108

6

xxx

0.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Houston

La Crescent

8/10 to 8/17

xxx

23

64

49

xxx

2.0 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Winona

St. Charles

8/10 to 8/17

xxx

4

93

1

xxx

16 (avg. for 3 baited spheres) (includes two weeks data)

Hiawatha Region

Rice

Faribault - Site 1

8/09 to 8/16

2095.8 (4/06 to 8/16)

8

126

56

9

6.7 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Rice

Faribault – Site 2 (includes 2 weeks of data)

8/3 to 8/17

xxx

10

61

43

xxx

5.7 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Wabasha

Elgin

8/10 to 8/17

1958.8 (4/05 to 8/17)

39

24

1

2

9.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Wabasha

Lake City

8/10 to 8/17

2113.2 (4/05 to 8/17)

43

36

3

xxx

9.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

St. Croix Region

Chisago

Shafer (avg. for 2 traps/insect)

8/10 to 8/17

2017.5 (3/31 to 8/17)

3.5

64.0

31.5

xxx

0.67 (avg. for 6 unbaited spheres)

Dakota

Lakeville (Avg. for 3 traps/insect) (includes 2 weeks of data)

8/3 to 8/17

2058.2 (4/07 to 8/17)

2.3

12.0

14.3

0.7

0.17 (avg. for 12 unbaited spheres)

Dakota

West St. Paul (includes 2 weeks of data)

8/03 to 8/16

xxx

34

25

36

xxx

11 (avg. for 4 baited spheres) 1.75 (avg. for 4 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hastings – Site 1 (avg. for 3 traps/insect)

8/11 to 8/18

xxx

46.0

43.7

21.7

xxx

0.25 (avg. for 12 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hastings – Site 2 (Avg. for 3 traps/insect)

8/11 to 8/17

1975.7 (4/01 to 8/17)

3.0

52.0

4.3

2.0

0.17 (avg. for 6 unbaited spheres)

Washington

Hugo

8/10 to 8/17

2077.6 (4/06 to 8/17)

2

31

7

xxx

1.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Washington

White Bear Lake

8/11 to 8/18

1956.8 (4/05 to 8/18)

24

16

35

xxx

2.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

West Metro Region

Stearns

Fairhaven

8/08 to 8/15

1888.0 (4/04 to 8/15)

9

13

6

19

14.7 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

Other Locations

Pine

Kerrick

8/10 to 8/16

1448 (4/01 to 8/16)

0

1

4

xxx

1.3 (avg. for 3 baited spheres)

* Locations monitored for: CM = codling moth, RBLR = redbanded leafroller, OBLR = obliquebanded leafroller, and LAW = lesser appleworm at selected locations, XX = no information provided, xxx = not monitored at these locations, --- = begins week of 7/18.
** Degree days using Spec 7 Pro = cumulative or integral degree days (uses hourly temperatures), with calculation parameters of Base Temp = 50° F and Upper Limit = 86° F.
***AM – Note that some locations use apple essence bait while others do not. The threshold for a baited sphere is 5 AM and 1 AM for unbaited sphere.

 

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