Trap Catches Identified to July 03, 2020.

Greetings - Happy Independence Day!

There was no mail on Friday July 03, we'll keep our eyes open for trap catches that arrive on Monday that should be in this report and update this report.

Traps in 4 locations have reported weekly captures and vector numbers are low to this point but there's no mail on Friday July 03 so we expect more on Monday.  Trap capture overall was very low with few aphids being recovered in traps. Only 3 vector aphids were recovered (2 in Lisbon and 1 in Perham) meaning PVY Risk Index remains low.  Keep scouting, younger larvae are more susceptible to insecticides than are older larvae or adult beetles.  

If you have a field where Colorado Potato Beetle aren’t being controlled by insecticides, please let us know.  We’d like to get samples of that population to test for insecticide resistance.  Contact Ian MacRae at 218-280-9887.

As always, keep on scouting!

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Cumulative PVY Vector Risk Index to July 03, 2020.

Cumulative PVY Vector Risk Index for 2019 (for comparison)

Aphid Species Capture and PVY Vector Risk Index for the week ending July 03, 2020

Cumulative Aphid Species Capture and PVY Vector Risk Index to July 03, 2020.