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Graph showing fall armyworm moth activity

Light and Pheromone Trap Captures for Caterpillar Pests

Light and pheromone traps are tools that help us know when certain insects are active in crops like cotton, peanuts, and soybeans.Light traps use a black light to attract insects at night. They work…

Graph showing soybean looper moth activity

Light and Pheromone Trap Captures for Caterpillar Pests- Soybean Looper Numbers Up

Light and pheromone traps are tools that help us know when certain insects are active in crops like cotton, peanuts, and soybeans.Light traps use a black light to attract insects at night. They work…

Soybean aphids on a soybean leaflet

Check Fields for Soybean Aphid

Soybean aphid has been more prevalent this year than normal, especially in eastern North Carolina. This is one of the main pests in the Midwest and is typically only a problem here when we encounter…

Line chart titled "Soybean looper pheromone trap captures 2025" showing peak ~200 on 7/25/25

Light and Pheromone Trap Captures for Caterpillar Pests

Light and pheromone traps are tools that help us know when certain insects are active in crops like cotton, peanuts, and soybeans.Light traps use a black light to attract insects at night. They work…

Soybean field with rows leading to the horizon under a partly cloudy sky

Important Change to North Carolina Soybean Defoliation Thresholds After Beginning Flowering (R1)

Soybean can tolerate considerable defoliation before it loses yield. Common major defoliating pest species in NC include bean leaf beetle, soybean looper, and velvetbean caterpillar. Prior to…

Pod with hole where a seed was eaten

Corn Earworms Are Early in Soybeans, Populations Are High, and Moths Are Flying

For many years, corn earworm has been the top pest in North Carolina soybeans in terms of cost of control and losses. Corn earworm is primarily a later-season pest and more common in later-planted…

Cone-shaped mesh insect trap attached to a wooden pole beside a field road

Corn Earworm Flight Is Beginning - Scout Soybeans

Light trap catches for corn earworm are up this week in Craven, Duplin, Scotland and Stanley county. This is an indication that a flight is on in the southern part of our state and that soybeans at…

kudzu bug adults on a flowering soybean plant

Scout Soybeans for Kudzu Bug

A few reports are trickling in of kudzu bugs in soybeans as they usually do this time of year. One grower reported levels above threshold near a ditch bank in Beaufort County (likely with kudzu…

Field with thin seedling rows on dry soil under partly cloudy sky

Check Small Soybeans for Fall Armyworm

Fall armyworm is a sporadic outbreak pest that doesn't overwinter in North Carolina. Populations migrate here as early as May, but really crank up as the summer progresses. We often find fall…

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Soybean Rust Confirmed in Eastern NC October 19, 2020

Soybean rust was found and confirmed on soybeans in Hyde County, NC. Soybean rust has the potential to cause significant yield loss when conditions are conducive for disease (12 hours of leaf wetness…