Black Light Traps

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Pest Survey Program cooperators across t​he state maintain black light traps to monitor moth flights as an early warning of potential pest problems. Insect counts reported each week can alert growers to the emergence, abundance, and seasonal occurrence of a variety of nocturnal agricultural pests. The results are presented below and will b​e updated weekly through August.​

Week ending August 21, 2025

County​LocationBcwCel​CewDcwEcbForScwTawVcw​Wbc
Dodge
Beaver Dam
1
6
55
32
7
17
0
46
0
0
Fond du Lac
Ripon

Marathon
Wausau E
3
0
6
105
5
3
136
62
0
6
Marathon
Wausau N
0
2
0
19
0
0
8
8
0
6
WalworthEast Troy
0
0
0
56
0
12
0
10
0
0
WoodMarshfield0
0
0
3
0
0
1
7
0
0

Key to insects:  Bcw = Black cutworm;  Cel = Celery looper;  Cew = Corn earworm;  Dcw = Dingy cutworm;  Ecb = European corn borer;  For = Forage looper;  Scw = Spotted cutworm;  Taw = True armyworm;  Vcw = Variegated cutworm;  Wbc = Western bean cutworm. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​



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