A weekly report prepared by the staff of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). If you require further information, regarding this report, call the Elora Resource Centre at 519-846-0941. Office hours: 8:30am to 4:30pm. For technical information call the Agricultural Information Contact Centre at 1-877-424-1300 or visit the OMAFRA website: www.ontario.ca/omafra.
April 9, 2021
2021 GREAT LAKES AND MARITIMES PEST MONITORING NETWORK
The 2021 Great Lakes and Maritimes Pest Monitoring Network (GLMPMN) is up and running for the 2021 season. We are monitoring for black cutworm (BCW), corn earworm (CEW), European corn borer (ECB), fall armyworm (FAW), true armyworm (TAW) and western bean cutworm (WBC) across the region and are providing an interactive real-time map and trap data dashboard that summarizes the trap results by pest. Anyone is welcome to set up a trap and enter the trap data into the network. Any crops being monitored for the pests listed above can be included on the network. If your crop is not listed in the Survey 123 form, click on “Other” when entering and fill in what crop you are monitoring.
Important Network Links: Trapping Instructions and Trap Supply Needs – https://fieldcropnews.com/2021/03/glmpmn-2021-trap-set-up-instructions-and-trap-supply-needs/ for each pest on the GLMPMN 2021.
The Great Lakes and Maritimes Pest Monitoring Network is a collaboration of state and provincial reps from Michigan, Ohio, New York, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. We are grateful for all of the crop consultants, scouts, extension personnel, farmers and researchers across this region that monitor these traps and send in their weekly trap counts. A big thank you to Jennifer Birchmore, Senior Geographic Information Specialist at OMAFRA for developing and maintaining the GLMPMN.
Please see website for more links and information – https://fieldcropnews.com/2021/03/2021-great-lakes-and-maritimes-pest-monitoring-network/ .
GLMPMN 2021 TRAP SET UP INSTRUCTIONS AND TRAP SUPPLY NEEDS
Calling all GLMPMN Trap Participants! Please find below the instructions on how to set up a trap in your field and where to get the trap supplies for reach pest that you are monitoring. Not, each pest requires a specific trap type and lures as indicated in each of the instructions below.
Once you have set up your traps, you can enter your sites and weekly trap catch data onto the Great Lakes and Maritimes Pest Monitoring Network – https://fieldcropnews.com/2021/03/2021-great-lakes-and-maritimes-pest-monitoring-network/
Traps to be set up in April:
2021 BCW Trapping Instructions – https://fieldcropnews.com/2021/03/2021-great-lakes-and-maritimes-pest-monitoring-network/ and BCW Trap Supply Checklists and Companies – https://fieldcropnews.com/2021/03/2021-great-lakes-and-maritimes-pest-monitoring-network/
2021 TAW Trapping Instructions – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-TAW-Trap-Set-Up-and-Monitoring-Instructions.pdf and TAW Trap Supply Checklists and Companies – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/TAW-Trap-Supply-Checklist-and-Trap-Supply-Companies.pdf .
Traps to be set up in May:
2021 ECB Trapping Instructions – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/2021-ECB-Trap-Set-Up-and-Monitoring-Instructions.pdf and ECB Trap Supply Checklists and Companies – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ECB-Trap-Checklist-and-Trap-Supply-Companies.pdf
Traps to be set up in June:
2021 WBC Trapping Instructions – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ECB-Trap-Checklist-and-Trap-Supply-Companies.pdf and WBC Trap Supply Checklists and Companies – https://fieldcropnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ECB-Trap-Checklist-and-Trap-Supply-Companies.pdf
Written by Tracey Baute, Entomologist-Field Crops, OMAFRA
