Chad Norton reports that enough worms were in most fields in Lincoln county to treat but they were still low and hard to spray. Applications to about 700 acres were made on Monday. Ken Adams reports that most of the wheat in Arkansas county has been treated for armyworms. Hank Chaney reports that armyworm populations seemed to explode over the weekend and much of the wheat in Prairie county is now being treated. Some local growers have observed that where worms have eaten newly emerging rice, they seem to sit and wait for more rice to come up so they can eat it too.
Growers are also concerned about worms moving into young rice fields.
Worm populations are heavy and very uniform county-wide. They are moving into rice fields as well. He reports that many rice fields are being flushed and that armyworms do not appear to be good swimmers and drown. However, they also appear to be climbing up on the levees and waiting. Roger Gipson reports 5-12 armyworms per sq ft in southern Clay county with few in the northern part.